HE STRIKE SETTLED
Philadelphia Traction Com
pany Gains the Victory.
Only One Point Partially In Favor
of the Men—Amalgamated As
sociation Not Recognized in
tho Settlement—Two Million Dol
lars tho Cost.
Philadelphia, Dec. 24.—After lasting
seven days the ruinous strike of the
inotormen and conductors of the Union
Traction company came to an end last
night by the employes accepting the
terms of the company. The men struck
for a working day of ten hours, $2 per
day and the recognition of the
Amalgamated Association of Street
Railway Employes. The terms of agree
ment are as follows: 1. We do not pro
pose to govern the membership or con
nection of any employe with any law
ful association, but such connection
with such association of any character
whatever must not enter into the rules
between employes and the company;
and cannot be recognized in the busi
ness conducted botween us. 2. That
any grievance of whatever character
that any man or men may have will
always bo considered fairly and
promptly before such men and the oili-
cers of the company, and the company
will afford such men an opportunity to
examine the records of such employes
to their entire satisfaction. 3. We ac
cept your statement that all men dis
charged since Dec. 10, 1895 (except
those discharged for just cause) will he
reinstated upon the examination of the
records of such employes. The commit
tee representing the employes to fur
nish the list of names of those they be
lieve to have been unjustly discharged;
and the men allowed to divide the
runs, other than the runs laid out for
the present employes, meaning those
who have entered our service since the
evening of Dec. 17.
The Htrikers' Reply.
The employes of the Union Traction
company have conferred with their
committee who presented the commu
nication of J. 11. Beetem, general man
ager, making three propositions of set
tlement of the strike now ponding.
They desire to say in reply in view of
their anxiety to meet the views of the
company and in reliancoupon the fair
ness of the traction officials in consid
ering their workmen and because of
the general desire for a quick and
peaceful adjustment of existing diffi
culties, they accept the three proposi
tions as stated, earnestly asking, how
ever, that because of the losses already
incurred by such a large body that the
president, directors and managers of
the Union Traction company will en
deavor to find an honest settlement of
all contracts with new men, so that the
old men may find employment as soon
as possible, and until such time they
will equalize the employment of all the
men as fur as possible.
How li Was Effected.
The settlement of the strike is the
result of numerous conferences be
tween the executive committee of the
strikers and Union Traction company
officials. Through all these confer
ences the Union Traction company
resolutely refused to recognize anyone
in the negotiations but its own em
ployes and the officers of the Amalga
mated association were not permitted
to be present at any time. The victory
is with the company. The only point
partially gained by the men is the un
official recognition of its association.
On other points for which they struck
they have gained nothing, u-d ore
worse off by a week's salary and O.e
occupation of the places of 1,900 of
them.
The Cost o! tho Strike.
The Christmas shopping trade was
killed and directly and indirectly it is
a fair estimate that the seven days'
strike cost the traction company, its
employes and the merchants of Phila
delphia §2,000,000.
No Interference with Mails.
Washington, Dee. 24. Second As
sistant Postmaster General Neilson,
who is at the scene of the Philadelphia
street railway strike telephoned the
postoftlce department that while there
is great disorder there, the street
car mail service suffered no interfer
ence.
Says Holland Has a Hotter CJnim.
Vienna. Dec. 24.—The Paris corres
pondent of the Neue Frcie Presse tele
graphs to that paper an interview he
has had with General I'alacio, ex-presi
dent of Venezuela, who said that Hol
land had a far more justifiable preten
sion to the disputed area than Great
Britain. Venezuela, he added, had
never been averse to arbitration.
Bhot His Landlady and Himself.
Philadelphia, Dec. 21.—Louis Goffi
nct, aged 30, a French coo'*, his
landlady, Mrs. 11. 11. Meafle, aged 30,
in the head and then blew his brains
out. Mrs. Neafie's wound is not seri
ous and she will recover. Jealousy is
supposed to have been the cause of the
crime.
Fired Into a Passing Train.
Newark, N. J., Dec. 24.—While a
train on the Pennsylvania railroad,
bound for New York, was passing
through Harrison last night a bullet
crashed througli a window of one of
the coaches. Timid passengers mopped
between seats fearing a hold-up.
Horglns Stepniak Dead.
London, Doc. 24.—Sergius Michael
Dragoman*) T Stepniak, the Russian
political writ r and author, died in this
city last evcciiij.
GRAND RIVKR FLOOD. |"j ?JJ J|| " '
Worst Ever Known In That Section
of the Country.
Wagoner, I. T., Dec. 24.—The Grand
river flood continues to rise and now
averages a depth of seventy to eighty
feet in the channel and great desola
tion is being done. Houses, wagons
and farm animals of all description are
seen floating down the river torrent.
Men and women were found in the
tree tops where they had been for
thirty-six hours without shelter or
food. They were rescued by a party
in boats. One woman was seen in a
wagon box going down stream and
calling for assistance, but so rapid was
the current that nothing could be done
to save her. The St. Louis, Iron Moun
tain and Southern iron bridge at Fort
Gibson, fifteen miles east, went down
last evening. All through traffic is
abandoned and it will require several
days to establish a transfer. No such
flood was ever known in this part of
the coudtry.
MANITOBA POLITICS.
The Green way Government To Go
Before the People.
Winnipeg, Man., Dec. 24.—The
Green way goverinent has resolved
upon the immediate dissolution of the
legislature. The nominations will
take place on the Bth of January and
the elections one week later, on the
15tli. It is understood that while the
government has had in view for some
time the possible early dissolution of
of the house it was only when they
learned definitely that the dominion
government was bound to make tho
attempt of forcing separate schools
upon the province that they decided
upon consulting the country and ob
taining the people so that they would
have a warrant to go upon in resisting
the claims and contentions of the Do
minion government.
OUTWITTED THIS MOB.
A Hhoritf a rid an Assassin Have an
Exciting Experience.
Glasgow, ICy., Dec. 24. —After an
exciting chase Sheriff Ilatliitt and his
deputies succeeded in getting Booker
Steinberger on board a train here and
took him to Louisville for safe keeping.
Steinberger is the 19-year-old boy who
on last Wednesday night, it is charged,
assassinated his pretty cousin, Anna
Belle Steinberger. Steinberger waiving
examination, the intention of the sheriff
to take the prisoner to Louisvile was
not known until he was actually on the
train then at the depot. A crowd
quickly gathered and tried to pre
vent the posse from making the train
but was not successful. Several stones
were hurled at the prisoner.
SUICIDE IN JAIL.
Mrs. Martin llanos Herself with n
Towel In Her Coll.
Watertown, N. Y., Dec. 24.—Mrs.
Celia Martin, aged 21 years, who was
arrested for shoplifting in this city
Saturday night and who yesterday was
committed to the house of refuge
for women, at Hudson, for five years
committed suicide by hanging herself
in the Jefferson county jail here late
yesterday. Mrs. Martin seemed deeply
affected when she was sentenced.
She secured a towel and made a noose
with it, tying one end to asteampipe on
the wall, then, it is supposed, she stood
on a chair, adjusted the noose and
jumped off.
BURNED BY MOULTBN METAL.
Eight Persons Injured by an Explo
sion at Pittsburg.
Pittsburg, Dec. 24. —By an explosion
of gas at Schoenburger's rolling mill,
on Fourteenth street, yesterday morn
ing, eight men were burned, one of
them fatally. The men were working
at the bottom of a blast furnace. When
the gas exploded it forced the hot slag
which accumulates in the cupola, over
the sides. Before the men could get
out of the way the hot metal poured
out over them.
Killed by an Explosion.
Lockport, Ills., Dec. 24.—8y the
explosion of a blast on Section 14 of
the Drainage canal one mile above this
place two men were instantly blown
into eternity, eight more were badly
injured and taken to the hospital in
Joliet where one has since died. More
may be found dead when the immense
mass of rock is removed. Several of
those in the hospital cannot live. The
accident is the worst horror in the his
tory of the Drainage cunal.
Five Men Injured.
Dayton, 0., Dec. 24. —Five men were
injured yesterday at the Dayton
Malleable Iron company's shops on
West Third street. The injured men
were engaged in unloading sand and
iron from freight cars on a side track.
Other workmen pushed a car down
towards them. The side track is laid
very close to one of the buildings and
the men were % tight between tho
building and the moving car and terri
bly bruised.
Miners Return lo Work.
Denison, Tex., Dec. 24.—The miners
in the Indian Territory returned to
work and the strike is virtually over,
only the Coal Gate miners holding 1 out.
This has relieved the railroads from an
embarrassing* position, as a coal famine
was threatened and the situation was
serious.
Assemblyman Kerrigan I>eail.
Savannah, Ga., Dec. 24.—The Hon.
P. J. Kerrigan of New York, represen
tative from the seventeenth district of
New York legislature, died here from
dropsy. His body has been taken
north.
Tlio Texas at Now York.
New York, Dec. 24. —The IT, S. battle
ship Texas arrived here this morning.
It is understood that she uiay go on
the Brooklyn navy yard docks.
A Conference Proposed Re
garding Monroe Doctrine.
A Bill To Be Proposed with tho
Commendable Intention of Mak
ing the Famous Doctrine a Part
of International Law —Reciproc-
ity Also a Feature.
Washington, Dec. 24.—Representa
tive Reach of Ohio will introduce into
the house to-day a bill authorizing the
president of the United States to in
vite the governments of the other
American republics to appoint plenipo
tentiaries with full powers to meet in
conference in the city of Washington
within one year from the approval of
this act, for the formal acceptance and
declaration of the Monroe doctrine as
a principle of international law. The
bill names the secretary of state as the
plenipotentiary for the United States
and appropriates 850,000 for tho ex
penses of the conference. Also a bill
providing for the reciprocal inter
change of products between the United
States and other nutions. It reads:
The duties imposed by the tariff laws
of the United States shall not apply to
food products and raw materials im
ported from such nations as may make
equivalent reciprocal concessions in
favor of merchandise imported from
the United States, The president of
the United States, after the passage of.
this act shall, through the proper diplo
matic agents of the government nego
tiate commercial arrangements upon
such basis with any and all foreign
governments. The provisions of this
act shall not apply to any article upon
which an export tax is imposed.
TWO CLEVER TRAMPS.
They Pass A Cancelled State Bond
Coupon.
Raleigh, N. C., Dec. 24.—Two tramps
worked a smooth scheme on the stute
treasury here. One of them who gave
his name as A. \V. Lawrison and his
home as New York, appeared at the
paying teller's desk and presented a
state bond coupon for 820 which was
promptly cashed. A moment later the
teller found it had been cancelled and
that by the aid of mucilage and a hot
iron it had been so smoothed that the
cut made by the cancelling stamp did
not show until the coupon was handled.
It was found that several days ago the
treasurer had burned many cancelled
coupons in the open lire place, but that
some of those intended to be burned
had passed up the chimney and fallen
on the ground. These the tramps had
picked up. Lawrison was arrested and
told the mayor he did not own the
coupon, but that another man who was
at the gate of the capital square had
pent, him to cash it. The police saw
the man at the place his fellow tramp
indicated and arrested him.
AMEBIC AN VESSELS AVRECKED.
The Hnrft: Mary !•!. IhisHoll and the
Schooner Island Queen Lost.
Nassau, N. P., Dec. .24.—The Ameri
can bark Mary E. Russell, Capt. Nick
els, from Milk river, Jamaica, for
Boston, with logwood, stranded on
December 12 on Beak cay. The vessel
is a total loss, but most of her cargo
and materials have been saved, ller
crew have arrived here. The Ameri
can schooner Island Queen, Captain
Jones, from Boston, December 3, for
Grand Cayman Island, with a general
cargo, went ashore December 15 on
Andros island. The vessel is a com
plete wreck, but a portion of her cargo
and her materials were saved. Captain
Jones and his crew are hero.
Only BcvM Lives Lost.
New York, Dec. 24.—Boulton. Bliss
& Dallett, agents of the Red I) line to
whom the steamer Nansemond belongs,
have received a cable in reference to
that vessel's collision with the Spanish
line steamer Mexico, oil the island of
Oruba. The disaster occurred on the
10th inst. and the number of lives lost
was seven and not fourteen as at first
reported. The lost were four passen
gers, two of the crew and Captain
Laksy. Four passengers and thirty
one of the crew were saved.
Reserve Reduced to $07,r>00.000.
Washington, Dec. 24.—The with
drawal of 81,050,000 in gold at New
York yesterday reduces the treasury
gold to 807,500,000. Of the gold with
drawn 8250,000 was in bars for export.
The gold deposited in various sub
treas..rios during the day aggregating
near , C 2(.. .000, does not yet appear in
the treasury figures.
Twenty.five Years for Forbes.
Charlotte, Mich., Dec. 24.—Frank
Forbes, the actor, proprietor of Forbes
dramatic company, who murdered his
wife at Grand Lodge in September,
changed his plea of uot guilty to that
of guilty in the circuit court here and
was sentenced to hard labor at Jackson
for twenty-five years.
Canadian Pacific Steamer Wrecked.
Vancouver, B. C., Dec. 24.—The
steamer Signal just arrived from Port
land, Ore., brings word that the
steamer Islander, plying between Vic
toria and Vancouver, went ashore some
time yesterday during a fierce gale.
It is stated that the stranded vessel will
prove a total wreck.
As-quit li Says War Is lin possible.
Paris, Dec. 24. —The Gaulois has an
interview with the Right Hon. 11. H.
Asquith, who was home secretary in
the late liberal governmentin England,
in which he said that he believed that
war between Englund and America
was impossible.
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PERSONAL AND LITERARY.
—Lord O.rimthorpe, who is chancel
lor and vicar-general of the province
of York, recently celebrated his golden
wedding, and to commemorate it a
stained glass window has been placed
in St. Alban's Abbey.
—An old English custom was recent
ly revived by the duke of Bucclcugh,
who held n court leet and a court baron,
as Lord of the Hundred and Liberty of
Knightlow, in an old post house at
Dunehurch, near Rugby.
—lt Is proposed to give Pasteur's
name to the Boulevard de Vaugirard,
but Paris has already a Rue Pasteur.
Twenty-one other streets are named
after chemists, seven after botanists
and 30 after doctors and surgeons
—Bonelli, the famous brigand of
Corsica, for 20 years defied the author
ities, and eluded all their attempts to
capture him. Four yeavs ago they par
doned him, with the proviso that he
should reform. Since then, unlil his
death, a few weeks ago, he lived in ro
tirement.
—During a recent lecture Justin Mc-
Carthy described himself as old-fash
ioned enough to still admire Dickens
and Thackeray in preference to the
modern novel, and he defended George
['Hot from recent articles, which he
characterized as utterly and grotesque
ly unlike I lie woman as he knew her.
—Mrs. M. F. Clcndinnin, formerly
Miss Gubrielle Greeley, is to undertake
a new and authoritative life of her
father. She has been collecting corre
spondence and other mat ter to this end,
and will be glad lo have letters or manu
scripts sent to her at Westchester, New
York city. Whenever desired, these
will be carefully returned after copy
ing.
—Dennis Scott, reputed to be 107
years old, died at his home near Shields
ville, Minn., a few days ago. His nge
was said to be well authenticated. His
Lair had never turned gray, and until
a few weeks ago he had always had good
health, and had daily worked about
his farm. Less than a year ago he rode
ten miles on horseback to the city,
transacted some business there, and
then rode back again. He was born in
County Clare, Ireland.
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