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ANOTHER FURNACE IIB!1
Six Men Killed and Eight Others
Are Seriously Wounded.
One of the Furnaces of the Edgar
Thompson Steel Works Exploded
With Fearful Result. A Large
Barrow Had Fallen Through
ttie Bell of the Stack.
Lir Southern Aesooiuto I l'row.
Virrsiiuiiu, Pa., August 20.?Fur
fiace "II," of the F.dgar Thompson
tsteel Works, Curuegio's plant as lies
?euer, uear liraddock. Pa., exploded
lietweeu I aud ? o'clock tLib lunruiug,
killing elx QieU aud badly burning
?ighl others, uot oue of tboMO employed
?hont ttie (uruacu e-cupitiK. Home of
she iujured unvo been brought to this
city fur treaiuieut, und the dead are; in j
she hands of ttie undortakur.
Two of the injured died while being
brought to Mercy Hospital, Pitleburg.
l'irrsnt itu, August 'JO. ?The follow?
ing names are those of the killed aud
injured!
Killed ? Joseph Luokai, aged 4U
years, haves widow aud four children,
resided at Wulf ton; Stephen HavriIJa,
aged 32, matrted, lived ut Uruddnck,
(op nf head cut oil'; Johu P. ttopoko
%'itcb, aged 27, married, livod ut lies
eemer; Jamee Cruoha, Joseph Cot,
?{ted 32, uumarried; John Mika.
lojtitL'd? Ji.ihu Werebatt, will die;
Johu >komdu, will die; Michael Jura,
will die; John Wagoaky, tdightly iu
jtuiod; Andrew Drobne, will die; John
neboray, slightly injured; Jobu Harri?
son, will probably die; .Michael Kope- (
ius, will die.
A l?rc.e Imrtow loaded with raw iron
ore hud talleu through the hugo bell
<>!i Hie top o( the luruace stack. Pour
teen uitiu were engaged iu an effort to
remove the burrow lrotu the hell no
that it uotild bo closed. While thus
engaged iim exploaiou ocourreil aud
not oue of the uiuu escaped either
death or injury.
Work iu every department of the
liuge plsul wins temporarily abandoned
(tuil all efforts' exerted to tho rescue
of the horridly mangled victim*, who
iiud been burlud in all directions by
the lerri?s upheave) which closely re
eontbleil a volcanic eruption ut' gigantic
tiruporlioDs, Michael Koporus, uged
0, uud Andrew Droboe, aged 30 years,
previously teported among lue injured
at Drsddock, died while n?-iu.: brought
so Hut Mr:, v Hospital, Pittehurg.
JSenrly nil ol the vicluue were SIhvh.
THE COCKADE CITY.
Many Matters to Interest Petersburg
ers in Norfolk,
i'poc. Dispatch to the Virginian.
Pbtkhsuuku, Va,, August 'JO.? Wrbat
?amo near being a most shocking aud
fatal accident occurred Ibis tifteruoou
at the depot on Washington street. A
jronug itiaii name,I Henry I'.uitntle, aou
?ii .Mr. Jobu Ihittaile, residing in Diu
widdie oouuty, just outsidu of the
corporate limits, was at tho depot to
(null u postal card ou the north hound
traiu, As the traiu pulled into the
si ut urn yoaug Paitutle ran along witti
It, with tho pot-tul in his hand, en
deavuriug to dopos.it it in tiio mail cat
?while the ttuin was iu mottou. I u t i
vlloris to do tint* he Blruck hie head
nguinst a telepboue post and was
knocked down, lie fell so uear to lue
rails of truck that a wheel of ono of the
cars just gazed hin head, lie wo*
rescued by eomc by ?hindere. The
poting mutt was quite painfully bruised
hud received au ugly cut on the bead.
Tho Pritu'u Conrgo Suuday-sebool
Convention will bu held at Hyeutuoro
fiietbodist Church, iu the above iiutued
county, on Wednesday, the 'J.sib met.
The cUoritH of the Young Men's Chrte
tiau Association of this city will tako
fart in the Hinging. Autoug thotto who
vtll uddrt'hh the convention mo He*',
J. W. Carroll and Mr. H, L. Matthe??,
of Petersburg,
Tho protraclod meeting which lins
tici n in progress during the past week
tu cid tibopa i bu rob, m Prince George
cotiutt, couducied by Pev. Mr. Hover,
of henrieo county, hue been brought
to! a close. The meeting was very
largely atteuded, uud there wore twcti
ty-iive oouversious. A Himilur meetiug
was lu-K'tii! at Bbiloh Cliurcb, iu Ihu
%viddic county, on Sunday, which will
tiu,coutiiined during the current week.
5'he services a ?<? tieiug conducted bv
llev. 0, W. 1) ike.
Ju the Conti y Court of Dinwiddie
yesterduy Aus tu Sbuuds, a negro, waa
eonvicttdol b e?kiug into uu outhousu
of the t t ni i ui Motu Hospital and steal
lug Ihtictroui .fii-titl hogs,
j 1 lie jury lound bim guilty and flxod
jiis puinuhuieut at eix luotiibs iu jail
?Ith u lino of $1(10. The mm is to
Le tsketi to the County Circuit Court.
l-iomeit uno ,n-i night tbieves broko
lutti ihe tuiloriug ctdublishuiout ol
Messrs. Campliull & Parker, on iiauk
on cel. aud stole live or six cuahnaere
giants patterns, three nut patterns and
ai silk vest, the ? bolu amounting tu
?ahm to ahiitil SfiO.
A moat enjoyable lieh fry was ton
flercil t>y Mien Annie L. Mhitrp to Mihs
Mary Bain, at Cuok'a budge, in Suseex
county, yesterday. After catching an
abundance Brli, the party ropuned
(o the beaut,tnl luwu of .Mr. James (J.
Harrison, where a sumptuous
fsiuuer was sot red. The diu
uor was followed by a deligbt
fnl bay ride. An.? thosfc who
took part iu it were. Miss Annie Sharp,
of Surry conuly, with Mr. J. A. Mine;
tree, ?i Petersburg; Mis.i Mary limn,
of Ivor, with Mr. W. T. Bough, of
Petersburg; Miss llortuuee rarbam, of
Waverly, with Mr. Lou Sharp, of Ar
riugdale; Miss Blnucho Flcetwoud, of
Waverly, with Mr. Wesley Bichard
sou; Miss Llllisu Preutts, of Peters?
burg, with Dr. Wm. Huiney, of Dia
Uiilauta; .Miss .Mabel Johnson, of Wa?
verly, with Mr. llarvoy Flentwood:
Misa Sue (lee, of Disputnnta, with Mr.
?loliu Williams. Chnperoues: Mrs.
.lames (J. Harrison, of Prince George
county, und Mr. L. Q, Sharp, of Surry
county.
lt. H. Graves, ei Postmaster at
Crewo, who is charged with baviuu;
robbed tlio poslotlice ut tbnt place of
between three hundred and four hun?
dred dollars, i ? still in jail here, Lav
lug been uuablc to giro the rei]inrod
bond of Sl.OUU (or his oppeurauce in
the Circuit Court at Richmond noxt
Cletober.
.lohu Hiflley, of Brunswick county,
a brother of Hubert Ridley, the nuyru
who is iu jail hero, uuder sentence of
death for a murder committed iu (Sus?
sex county Mime inouths sgo, wss in
the city to day, and called upon tbe
condemned man. John told his
brother tbat ho had two cows and an
ox that ho was goiug to sell to help to
raise the neoessury amount of mouey
to employ counsel to take his ease to
the Supreme Court of Appeals,
THE HOLMES CASE AGAIN.
Minnie Williams Telegraphs that She
is Alive and Well.
Ht Southern Associate I PrOSt.
PHILADELPHIA, August 20,?A start?
ling revelation calne to light to day in
the lloluies cape. W. A. Shoemaker,
counsol for Holmes, received u mes?
sage from Minute H. Williams, dated
Providence, H. I., wbiob Mated thai
the seudcr was alive und well. This is
one of tlio women whom Holmes is BO
cused ol having uauiderod iu the Chi
cajjo "caetloi"
When i|tiektioned iu relation to tbe
matter, Mr. Shoemaker seemed reluct?
ant to discuss it, but liualiy admitted
that he hud receive.1 auch a dispatch.
'*Do yon think the telegram is gen
nine?" he was usked.
"It may or may not be. My opinion,
however, is that ti was sent by Minnie
Williams.
Holmes told me this afternoon that
lie supposed tho girl has just arrived
from London ami perhups ms induced
to send the message by some ol bts
friends."
Tho telegram which was sent as a
night message, reads:
"Paoviui N' 11 11. 1., August ti'.
?? II', A, Shoemaker, Attorney, Phila
it< (phiti:
"Report that 1 was murdered ab
Btird, Am alive und well.
" Signed' MlNSIR R. Williams."
The genuineness of tho telegram will
tie investigated by Mr. Shoemuker.ond
if it is toiiud that Minnie Williams sent
it.it will he u valunble link in the chain
ot evidence for the dotenso.
IMPORTANT HAILWAY MEETING
In Which Norfolk nod Portsmouth arc
Much Interested.
P.v Southern ASSOOiatod I'reaH.
Nf.w Vouk, August j().?An import
nut meeting at wlitch the Great South
ern Railway and Steamt-hip Lines were
represeuted were held to-day nt the
Hotel Waldorf. The purpose was to
establish formally the new Southern
States freight association and adopt
tho ugroemtut or constitution oil which
it un- based.
'1 here were preseut 1? ? Irwin, vice
president Plant System; George O
Smith, Atlantic, aud West Pomt rail?
road aud Lastern railroad ol Alahama;
Samuel Spencer, president Southern
railway; H M Comer, receiver of the
Central, of Georgia aud Savauuah aud
Westum raiiroad and tlio Ocean
Steamship Co; S F Parrot, general
maunger ?olumbllS Southern railway;
H Waltere, president Atlantic Coast
Line; V. St. .lohn, vice president Sea
boaid Air Line; .1 tJ Whitney, Mer
ehauifc' and Miners' Transportation
Company; llenry Pink, receiver .Nor?
folk und Western; S M Feltou,receiver
Cinoiiinati, New Orluaus and Texas
PaoiUC Railroad aud president Ala?
bama Great Southern and W I, Gin!
leaden, vice president uud tralnc man
agur Old Dominion Steamship Com
puny.
Vice President Irving, of the Plant
fystem uns chairman and W L, McGill,
secretary.
The morning und afternoou tensions
were devoted to giving ti e finishing
touches to the new ugrcemeut, wi ioh
was goue over in detail] Finally it
wus adopted and signed by all. A
committee of live was then appointed
to uomiuate oilicere and report ut
meeting to he held ut Waldorf hotel
next Tuesday. T he committee is com?
posed of Charles St. .lohn, Henry
Fiuk, H. Waltete, J. C. Whituey, and
C. W. Cbears,
T?? nute still Itiisineaa.
I am offering my entire stock of
boots and shoes ut aud below cost.
Mus. B. Bapukd,
nnglGlm 110 church streets
"Newest Discovery' ? Kxt. teeth; no
pain. N. Y, D. Booms, IUU Main.
News of Great Moment Sent Out
From the Capital.
The Statr; Department and the Chinese
Mnssncr.?. Wliat Admiral Kirkl.md ..
Said About (he Missionaries
in Turkey. The Treasury i
Gold Reserve.
By Soutberu Assooiato.l Press.
Washinoton, August 20.?Tbo State
Department is witlio.it uuy lulorcuH
ti-ju about tbo report tbat tbo t'bluese
ollioials bnvo retused to allow tbo
mixed Auierionn aud RnubIi coturois
eiou to iniike a (roe investigation of the
Ku Cheng massacre. If the report bu
true there is no doubt tbat coulirtua
tiou will be received through a cable
mcBsnue from Minister Deuby or some
I n it od Stutes couaular olllcer iu Uhma.
As tlio aituatiou now appears, tin,
Chinese government is taking u great
risk iu bumpering ,tliu comtnissioDcrs.
Feeliug iu England on the subject i
iuteuso and if every opportunity is not
giveu the british oouiiniHgtonor-, the
british goveruineut, ucoordiug to the
Stato Ueparttueul view, will probably
take active measures to enforce' its de
maud lor redries aud compel I'lnuu to
redoetn tho protuisu that the murdtirurs
of british missionaries would be pun?
ished by death.
Tbta cuiitilry has not the samo in?
terest tu tho massacre tbat the Ktiglisb
havu for the reusou that nuo American
only, Miss Hereford, was injured,
whereas ten l'.uglt-tuen were butchered.
L he United Stales has not committed i
itself in uuy wuy with regard to the
iuvestigatiuu that the Cbioeee ate aatd
to have blocked, and whut it wtii do in
the event that tho repott concerning
tho obstacles thrown in the couituis
aiouera wuy may provo true, cauuot be
elated with any degree ut positiveness
ut tho present time.
The statement tbnt Hear Admiral
Ivirklaud had cast several reflections
ou tho integrity of American Missmu
artes tu Turkey, which called forth an
answer from the editor of the Preeby*
tot tun Buuuer, is said in ollicial circles
to be uot sustained by the (acts. Ad
tuiral ktrkluud'e report of the result
ol his investigation into tbo alleged
outrages on American missionaries ill
.Syria contains nothing that uould bo
construed as otl'eiisive by missionaries
or other persons cniiccruod. Tbo re
stilt of the investigation, as shown by
tho report, wus u failure to discover
uuy luformation teudint: to tustuiu the
charges that Obtistiaus had been em
cilied aud othorwise ill-treated.
jjjgAdtiitral Kirklutid viaiied every oo
cussibie port on the Syrian const, tu
the 01 utser Sou Francisco aud matte a
very thorough inquiry luto all the
complatuts. At each port he invited
on tiourd the vessel the local autbori
ties and till persons who had Charges
to make or testimony to give. No ono
who came in respomo to the invitation
could give direct evidence of tho ul
It'ged otitniges and tho hearsay evi
deuce was ol so i'.tmsv a character that
it was impossible to follow it up und
Obtain statements from persons who
claimed to have witnessed ill treatment
of chrtsliaut.
The monitor Ampbitrite sailed to
day lrotu Port Hoyal lor Norfolk,
where she will he surveyed aurt her do
fective veuttlattug apparutus thor
otrgbly repaired und replaced. It is
l ot likely that the Ampbitrite will be
placed out ol commissiou ue the re?
fitting may take some tune. The recent
trip of the Ampbitrite from Uatnptou
Uoads developed how poorly she tut.
veutilaied. Twenty, eight men were
overcome by the heat between docks
an,! tho wardroom, through which the
einoku stuck pusses wus unbearable, the
thcrniotuctur ranging from Uo" to 12d
degrees. ?
The Treasury gold reserve stood at
tho close of business to-day, with the
withdrawals and deponits tai.eu luto
accounts, to 8101,577,148. The with?
drawals of gold reported to tho Treas?
ury to day were: At Now York, August
19th, $100,000; ut Now York, August
20tb, 82,8,^0,000; to til, 82,050,000.
1 bore was deposited ut New York to
dav by the lkltnout-Murgun syudioate
iu "gold 82,0 ?1,000.
1 ho telegram uuuounoing tbo with?
drawal arrived at the Treasury at - p,
m. It cum? lrotu Asalstuut L'uitod
States Treasurer Jordan, ami occasion?
ed much speculation as to whether or
not the syudioate would permit the
gold reserve to lull below 8100,000,000.
1'uless u deposit by tho syndicate was
made, the withdrawals auunnuoed
would carry it below tbo mark, About
;i:l.*i a welcome telegram from .Mr.
Jordau stated thut a $2,000,000 deposit
of gold coin lind beuu made by tho
syndicate, aud the gold reserve was
still intaot.
This was the third time that the ?yn
dicato had come to the roacue ol tho
gold riservo in the paat few weeks. In
n i it has deposited in excess of its bond
stipulation $7,000,900 iu gold coin or
nearly fourteen toun of the yellow
metal.
Since July 1st, when tho presont
gold movement began, tboTioanury
nas lost iu gold coiu taken for export
over 813,000,000.
Siuoo the closing ot the ltauuook lu*
iaus troubles. iiii> Department hu? j
beeu busy collecting ruateriul ae a basis
I or a report ot tue wholn niTair nud it
liHB now about completed its task. It
l bus long beeu understood that those
I implicated iu the killiug aud wouudiug
{ tit tho ludtaus will be brought to ao
count. The sveportrueut ol .lustice
will soon Uave ull tho fiiots ot the
affair laid buloro it, probably to-mor?
row, and it in uudcrHtood the Interior
Department will recommend (hat
special agents be dotailud to visit the
scenes of tbe re cut troubles and make
au investigation with n view to punish?
ing the persons who engaged in killing
the Indiuus.
There are no Auuinoau Chribtiaufl iu
that part of Turkey between Sasfouti
aud Mulish, where 'Turkish otlicials are
said to have drivon the Christians out
of their bouses mid given them to
Kurds. Most of these Cbrisliaus are
Turkish subjects,
Tho Postoftico Department to-day
made auuual uHowiiucus for clerk into
at the following postollioes: Virginia -
Hampton, 80?0; Newport News,$1,400.
The President to day appointed tho
following uuuied postmasters: J, S.
Hunt at Oxford, N. C, und YV. Q. Wil
liums at Wuxubutehio, 'Tex,
PoatofQoe Department today made
mi auuual allowance ol SI,000 for clerk
htre-ut 11 mils ville, Alo.
DEFENDER'S QOLER ACTION.
After Outsailinp, Her Rival, the Vigi?
lant, Leaves the Course.
I)v Southern Associate I Proas ,
New Yokk, August 20.?The lirst of
the appoiuted trial races lo decide
whether the Defender or tho Vlgllaut
shall be ecUicted to defend the Amen
cas etin, which was sailed hero to-day,
resulted iu a disiippoinltnciit all
around. The Defender ultor outsail
mg her rival decisively over tho lirst
round and ooutiiiiuug in increase her
lead for several miles on the second,
uuddi ulv withdrew from (he raco und
stood oil for a run back to her uuchor
age.
This was dills apparently to a diliu
oliuallou to risk tho sloop furtiier iu
tho strong oud steadily increasing
breeze, which hud blown up since thu
race started, Mr. lsuliu und others un
thu 1 Mender would uot udunt thai a
Minim: hud occurred, und there were
no indications of uuy. 'This madu the
Britishers, who Were WatolttUg the
contest with eagerUCSB, only thu more
jubilaut, u-< it looked very much like u
backdown, and they believe the Val?
kyrie III can stand ueurly uny kind of
weather.
Alter tho Defender's rctrout the
Vigilant kept siurdily on her course,
beating up into a -10-milc wind anil
pouudlUg through a rolling aud tum
billig sea. baten after she bad spill
her new 11 er reohoQ jib she set another
ami in n feu minutes continued stich
in.- to bur work. When she hu.I com?
pleted about Ihreo ?.TUurttri a of the sec
ond witiward heat she. was recalled by
the judges, who assured Mr. Willanl
that the race was ended und the Vigi?
lant was the winner.
WIRE SPARKS.
Abbreviated Telegrams F roni All Parts
of the World.
About J o'clook on Sunday a pigoot:,
apparoutly much exhausted, was fuuuu
ut P, W. Hey ward's iduca near Oak
ley, S. C. i>ne of its legs has a ruetui
ring on it engraved 12,000, Whose
pigeon is it
W, MoCreary, superintendent ol
bridges lor the Northern PaciUu, re?
port-- tho death near Conor l>' Alone,
iNush., of lour carpenters while on
gaged hi extinguishing U lire cm a
burning bridge. The flame cut oil
their retreat uud oventu-illy all hml to
jump into a chasm Ulli feet deep und
were dashed In plcei s.
Iii? I nun Knuds, I v inn ? Uli il.
I5i Southern Aasoci.ito t t'rass.
?ajidi ?-, N, J., Angnst 20.?Coroner
Justice held an inquest (his morning
al the Camdeu Courthouse on the body
of little Marshall Johusoo, Jr., lbs
colored hoy who wus killed in the rear
end oollisi n at Liberty Park, on the
Oatndeu aud Atlantic railroad, noar
Camdeu, lust Friday. 1 liu lorouor's
jury exonerated the train huuds, und
iielii C, W, Boyle, thu sttti m agent at
Oolliogswood, responsible for thu
death.
IJrt-ed tor i.him liionulil null lights
I'V s-iMittieru Assoei.ito 1 t russ.
HuNTlxoiox, W. Vs., August 20.?
Muliudti Smith, keeper ut a saioou at
Gray, a small place soiitu ol here, on
tho Norlolk and Western road, wus
ctohsiug Ulg Sandy river in a skill luni
BVeuiug with a aotorcd woman named
Lina Hues, when the boat capsized and
both occupants were drowned, Tho
relatives nl Mrs. Smith, who was a
wnlow, th-eked to her house ami fought
au hour user her effects, Sam Hunt
being shot in tho rneleu.
Iti lir. si iiin.iiv. ? A Pllulllted.
Hv southern Associate i 1'ross
Tnc.NTON, N. J? August 20.?Gov.
Werts this morning uppoiuted tho fol- '
lowing as New Jorsey'a representatives '
to the Atlanta Exposition: Judge Clif?
ford, Stanley Situs.Churles C. Thomas,
oi Iludson coiiuty, and E, P. Uarrison,
of Monmouth county.
THE CflMPBELlS ARE GOWilNG
Ex-Gov. James E. Campbell Will
Be Honored Again.
The Democratic Coiwcnlion of the
State ot Ohio Will Nominate Him
ior Governor and Expert Him
to Lead the Party to Victory.
Sorg Declined.
Hv Bouthoru Associated freie.
BrKlNOFIKUO, 11., August 20. ? I'tllORS
theru IK n shutp anil Buddctl change in
the politioal temperature the nouiinn
lion lor Governor will be beet owed liy
the Democratic Slate Uouvuutiotl to
morrow uputi ex Gov. .ionics F. Damp*
belt uud thai by acclamation. All the
afturuooti and oveniug the boudu have
beeu playing "The Campbells arc
coming" and the thousands in the
strode have tnktn up the refrain.
Campbell badges nave sprung inio
view iu every direction, ami the votco
ol tho ex-Uovcrnor Inmsolf as he do
clared to hie Irienda with earheatuesa
and unqueatiouable sincerity, that ho
wus not and could not iio a cundidalo
and thnt neither bia Uuaucial condition
nor hie futuro engagements would per
mit of bin making tho race was
drowned by thu ctiooriug for Uampboll
and victory
'1 hero wns n timo this morning when
it looked an though Congressman I'aul
,1. Sorg would he tho nominee. Many
of bia frlouds were of the opinion that
ho hud only to say tbn word to head
tho ticket, und the wires to Lake wood,
N. >'., und ChautatH|tia, N. V., at one
of which places he waa supposed to he
sojourning, were kept hot with mcs
sagen urging bilU to lake a special train
aud put in un appearance among his
friends boioro the opening of thu con?
vent ion.
Had bo yieldod tho>-r> importunities
the program coutcmplutod the selec?
tion ot ox-Uoveruor Campbell us per
uiaiient chairman, from winch point of
vantage hu could have declared his in?
ability to bocmuo a eaudidete, and
then the nomination of Sorg without
the formality of bnllot. Later iu thu
day, however, tho Congressman wired
from Luke wood thnt he wiih nick and
unable lo make thu journey, and that
he dttl not seek or waut the minima
tion. liven when this message was
made public, und Campbell stock wan
proportionally elevated. Thor? were
many who persisted in button holding
and. shouting tor tho Middletown man.
WILL DL NO BULL FIGHT.
President Collier Plainly States the
Reason Why.
Jiy Southern Associat-id Prat*.
An.asia, August20.- President Col?
lier decided that so lur as the l?xposi
tiou was concerned, the bull light
would be disposed of to-day. At the
meeting oi the bourd to duy ho called
thu attention of the directors to the
great amount ot talk indulged in con?
cerning the light, aud suld he favored
the exulusiou of the light lrom the
grounds, "it is not our matter," eaid
he. "It is au enterprise with which
we have nothing 10 do hum: granting
tbo concession, and tho bull light has
beeu confused with the Exposition,
"1 was told that the light wus to bo
nothing tint an attempted reproduction
ol u Mexioau bull light, without blood
stud or hurt to limn or beast. Having
a real hull light would he thu last thing
I would think ol sanction lug in con
neotiou with the exposition, ami how
such an idea could havu gamed such
currency I ruuunt understand,"
A resolution n.us udopted instructing
the president to notify thu oonocs
sionuires that no ghull light will be
permitted on the exposition grounds,
'I iir,-?- rimiii atrlltera Killed,
lly Southern Associu*.? i l'ri?j.
Hkhi.in, August 20. ? Twelve strikers
from Skutwoite mills in Lubiati, Fast
Prussia, became engaged in uu alleres
ttou with the owners in the mill yard
In iluy aud finally tittueked them, I ho
police were summoned, but thu rioters
turned upon them ami attempted to
drive tbem away. A sharp encounter
ensued during which a policeman Bred
live shots from his revolver with the
result chut three of tho strikers were
killed.
's ite i'lntirs nius >< i ou tire.
lly Soulncrii Associated 1'rSSS
Tacoma, Wash., August 20. ? A
special from Pittsburg, this county,
says that tho forest tires have resulted
in the sparks aud pieces of hurtling
trees being sucked into the coal mine
at (hut poiut, sotting the entire mine
on Uro und preventing further work.
The unuo is deserted aud every air
shuft sealed in order to smother tho
lire. The damage oauuot lie ascertained
until the lire is extinguished.
?panted Hula ?t our i mire Muck lo
.',i,i in luuiiiic lttv?M)orv> Kon?
y,ulr lit i ni l, l*nreliutor.
Pow choice things in muslin under?
wear at hulf price, lew whitu and
colorod waist at 25c; lawu wrajipers
worth c'J, now 81,50; wrappers from
68c up; host 81 white quilt, now Toe;
thu 31.50 while ijuilt now $1. Rem?
nants and odd pieces of lawn, crape,
cloth and satiues, worth 12', aud 15c,
Dow 5c; lawns aud white goods worth
? und 8c, now lo; etlka worth 50o aud
COo, now 25c. Burgaiua iu wbito goods,
dress goods, linen tjwuls, damask and I
sbcctiug. It. A. Saumdbbs, 1
THE OLD LIBERTY DELL.
A Revival of the Opposition to the
Transfer of the Relic.
Hv Somborn Assueiaio i Press.
Pun,\ui:i,ini a, August 'JO. -The op
position to the removal of tiio Liberty
Hell to Atlantn for exhibition at the
Cotton states Exposition was revived
to-day. Mayor Warwick received a
communication from Mrs. Mary I''.
Lovell, of Hi v ii Mawr, Pa,, who is su?
perintendent of the Department of
hi ore Y of Iho National Woman's < hris
tiau Temperance Association, and also
a vice president of the American Hu?
mane Association, protesting, oil be?
half ol the Organization, to the romoval
of the relic because of tho projected
sham bull ficht? at the Exposition.
Mrs. Lovell asks tho Mayor in view
of this (net, to withhold his sanction
of the bells removal. Tho city's Ex?
ecutive Iims not, as yet, replied to the
protest, but insomuch us ho hau tnkun
a decided staud iu favor of tho traim
for of the relic, it la believed that his
answer to Mrs, Lovell will be of an
adverse character.
Argument was heard boforo Presi?
dent,ludgu Thnyer, of tho Common
l'leasCouit to-day in tho nppliuatiou
ol citi/.uus lor uu injunction to prevent
the city ollicuils ol Philadelphia (rum
taking tho bell to the exposition,
Tbe greater part of the argument
related In the power ol city councils to
make un appropriation for the transfer.
No decision was tendered,
WINDOW GLASS WORKERS.
The Newly Proposed Wage Scale will
be Acceded to.
llv Suuiuotii Assoolatuil l'ress.
PlTTSUUHO, August '-111. Tho an
uounoemeut is made today that tho
i)hambers Molvee (Haas Company ol
New Kensington will agree to the pro
posed wage scale for window glass
workers, aud as Ibis lirm practically
controls the siiuatiou, tho danger ol a
strike is thereby averted. In view of
this (act it IB p I o liable thai, at tin -meet?
ing ol wugu eoiifeiees a gouoral settle?
ment on a basis ol u ten per uuut. ad
vancu will be agrcod upon to-morrow.
The (.'hambers MuK.ee Company em?
ploy l.ODO men and pay out weekly in
wages $12,000, Biros have beou started
in the oompuuy's furnaces ul New Kou
siuglon.
The licaln conference on tho pre
BCription trailo met iu Pltlsburg to?
day. The tlibt Bussioti wan ocoupiod iu
discussing changes from the last meet
lug. President Smith, of tho Phut
tiiaHR Workers' Union, statod that no
definite conclusion hud not boon yet
arrived at.
No iteit?mi (itveil wiiv I'Ue Isoleuder
"tlnit."
Hv Southern Associated Press.
Sandy Hook,August 20.?The United
Press tug went along sidu tho Defen?
der utter she quit tho nice, for infor?
mation as to the reason of her with
drawal, Mr. Jsolin declined to explain
und tho only miswcr that r.ould be
obtained from him was "find out on
thu judgOB boat."
So far uh could bo seen tho Defender
was ail right. There were no signs ol
anythmg being curried awuv. |Mr.
Lseliu hailed tho tug Walloon B. Flint
and scut her after the Huttio Palmor,
Tho Defender will probably go to New
Bochello to-night.
MnttsCWM I x< ursioiis, August -I and
Spend a day in Malhewu. 6teauier
Northam|iton leaves Old Dominion
wharf Wednesday at 6:30 p. in-. Ports
mouth 6:4f>, Bay Lmo 7, Old Poiut
Leaves Old Dominion wharl Thursday
5 p. m., Portsmouth 5:16, Bay Lino
5::J0. Old Point 0:30. Bound trip SI.
Children 50o. auglT-dt
f) Scientific
\ Test
f Should always precede the pur- $
a Chase of glasses. A
J We exercise the utmost care in \
f furnishing the exact glass the eye f
A needs. a
This is the reason our patrons \
0 arc universally satisfied. Eyes ex- f
j aminecJ free. ^
t> ^^SsakB?^ a
a OFFICE CLOSES AT 5 P. M. a
WARNING.
Tho tramp life lusuriiiice agents who tri-t
to make you belio>e that any other regular
life insurance company pays us largo Ural?
?leu is or surplus as tub Nui(Invosterti
Mutual, ia guilty of deception by naiug mis?
leading HATIOS, which no honest inau
wonbl employ or exhibit, as tlioy are made
up ; ) cro.ito a falao impression.
D. Humphreys & Son,
?EtfTi AUfiHttJ NOSTBW?HT?rUi)
Work of a North Bound Engine on
the Plant System.
It Runs Into an Open Switch, Crashed
Into a Tram Engine and Seriously
if Not Fatally Wounded Three
Persons. Both Engines
Were Wrecked,
Hv Houtlioru Associate I Praia. S
Savanna if, August 20.?A Morning
Nows special (row Aloxauderville, Oa,,
Kaya: A (rightful accident occurred
hero lust night about lJ:.'J0 which may
result in the deatli of threo persona,
leaving several badly scalded and
bruised. Engine No. 40, Northbound,
which has beeu hauling the par cur
over tho Southern portion of the
Plant ayatnru, ran into an open iwitob,
crashing iuto a tram eugiuo operated
by Dixou, Mitchell & Co., entirely
demolishing both engines and wreck.
ing one car. The accident was caused
by an open switch.
Thu injured are: Charles Andrews,
of SVaycross, ongiiieer of engine 40,
badly scalded on the feet aud legs,
bunds cut; Muck Moot rucken, fireman
it), of Wuyoross, scalded on tho body,
hand aud feet badly out, may die; Joe
lirowu. colored, of Alexaudervillo, en?
gineer tram road, scalded and cut and
bruised on legs, feot and hand,may die;
uukuowu man. who wns firing tram
road eugiuo, badly maubod about boad
and uuck.
Iirnppr.il Head.
I'.v Southern Associated 1'roaa.
AsiiKvn.i.r, N. C, August 20,?
Htchurd Alvey, ol thu firm of Alvey
Pros., Richmond, dropped dead hero
this afternoon, lie was iu Ashovillo
to recuperate from a loug attack of
typhoid fever.
An Invaluable
Family Remedy!
IT I
O
L
For Burns, Scalds, Cuts,
.. .. Woun'ds, Chafes, Chops,
Sor. Mouths, Sore Throat,
.. .. Ulcers, Risings, Eczema, Ery?
sipelas, Skin Diseases, I n -
.. sect Biles and all Inflamma
.. matlan and Irritation.
SPEEDY CURE.
Burruss. Son & Co.,
BANKERS
Contmorehd and other business paper dU
counted.
Loaus negotiated ou favorable term*,
l ity iiouds aud other eecnritiea bought
aud sold. ?
l'ci ,i- receive 1 aud accounts invited.
Inteiont allowed ou t u? deposits.
Bafe Deposit boxes for root. Charges
model ute.
Draw H Us oi' l-xehauga and make cable
transfers to tturoue.
Letters of .-re ut issued *.j principal cities
Ot the world. oc'J?
W. H. H. Trice & Co.,
Real Estate and Rental Agents,
39 BANK ST.
ITor Rent.
Residences?Two liou?es, I'oloulut avenue.
ins ^ ork stiest, Hu Haiuiuii? street.
IS Cliurtoltj stlCOt, spteu.lidly uJa)>te4 for
bj.wiiiur. iiajse. ItlJ Cburua st.
.? Ta/u?eli, ts Charlotte,
-. 0 .m i sirs i, 24 i oimnerc.
179. 181 Uute,51 Itrswer
164 HOUSB blreet. 2 i nil i St Falklsna itrjSC
35 Si Walks StrMt. SSS, A13 Church street.
ISA I kar.ulte sirset K. M?lu s ., U rooms,
Plats? II--', l-'l li.uik ctroet
154, J'H'.. i lmi.li Mied, l'.is Church ttrcct.
It,: mhli'f ? ii- 311 1 en; ikik aveuue 404 tink ave.
123 UlltUS avenue 141 Ka**rvoli ateuue.
S'\a id ven Uvsi ab e nilus-. uti Main street.
Stores?77 hank .tr.ct. CJ. 71 Water street.
Comer Jatnes mill Ul?b. Uuonis ubuVe.
n? Wuioi street.
O tnl-er Isi vs Hille Mre't, 8, ^grnifulu street,
18?, ICO Puke btreet, 107. 1M York, 123 York,
Large riot- 1 Oaniawres ?.r?t.
((tore 20? Main etreet. ^^^^^
MAYER & GO,
11ea1 F.ItS IN
Railroad. Steamboat an
Mill Supplies.
4 arm ? West Market
Norfolk, V?
