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NO BAINS BY THE STRIKERS
Their Confident Effort to Close the
Duquesnc Mills Fails
Green W orkmen nt Moncen Spoil
JSTriOO Pound eif Metal Secretary
TlKlie Talk of IIIk Wetern Trip
1 he Ininter Mill lte opcncd
McKDESrORT Pa Aug 20 In spite
of promises made List night by strike
leaders that the Duquesne Steel Works
of the Carnegie Company would be closed
by strike at 7 oclock this morning the
plant is still in operation None of the
itiin struck and the merchants of Du
quesne deny that there is any probability
of a strike
The fight however has shitted to
Duqutsne and a determined battle is
being made by the Amalgamated Associa
tion to carr the war into the Carnegie
mills Ambrose Willets and John Fla
herty prominent Amalgamated men are
campid in Duqutsne and are lending
evvry effort to line the men up One re
port ays they have a thousand enlisted
in the Amalgamated and the rederation
of Labor Experience with figures in
McKeesport would cause this number to
be cut about 750
The strike leaders claim to be gaining
ground and say all the efforts to start
mills of the combine hac proved fail
ures This is claimed at Monesscn allien
plant is working today The non union
employes turned out forty thousand
pounds of steel but thirty seven thou
sand pounds of it was spoiled The
strikers claim the company cannot af
ford this
No apparent effort is being made to
start the United States Tin Plate mill in
this city A high board fence TiSB been
built around the works
Maor Elack has left the city for a va
cation He is in Atlantic City and is slid
to be something of a curiosity down
there
The strikers have organized an execu
tive committee into whose hands the wel
fare of the strike in this city will be de
livered The committee will meet tomor
row and arrange for official headquar
ters
Tho strikers are very much dissatisfied
with all newspapers and claim the pa
pers are all against them
Two of me workmen employed in dis
mantling the Woods mill were crushed
by a pile of steel slabs falling on them
at 10 oclock this morning One was a
Hungarian laborer named Mike Price the
other was Walter Hoke a skilled worker
and strike breaker Hoke was a rollers
helper and his particular ability secured
for him better wages than the average
helper He was employed in the Woods
mill prior to the strike but refused to
take part in it or join the Amilgamated
Association in previous troubles Hoke
was always empiojed to break the
strike He and his companion are in the
city hospital and not expected to live
JOL1ET 111 Aug 2a The Pressed
Steel Car Companys plant closed down
today for an Indefinite period Of 100
men only 123 returned to work under
pressure of the companys ultimatum and
after dubbing away yesterday an order
was given to shut down Indefinitely bu
perlntendent Aitman said this was In ac
cordance with notices posted last week
We will not run the plant with tho
hostile feeling existing among emplojes
that we found during the last few weeks
said he A large part of the employes
have no heart in the work they are do
ing or hav e been doing and we hav e con
cluded to shut down indefinitely Some
of the men who wanted to go to work
have been threatened and we will not
try to run under such circumstances
PITTSBURG Aug 20 -President Shaf
fer of the Amalgamated Association was
bury todav conferring with several of the
local leaders and Joseph Bishop of the
Ohio State- Board of Arbitration Bishop
still hopes to adjust the strike differ
ences ty arbitration Secretary M P
Tlge made his report to Shaffer about his
trip to the West and then gave out a
statement to the public Of interest are
his observations on the arguments he
used in trying to induce the South Chi
cago mill workers to obey Shaffers strike
call Tighe said In reference to this
phase of his work
At South Chicago I could do nothing
as the men refused to listen to an ex
planation as to why the should go out
oa strike It was no place for oratory and
I used nothing but practical arguments
and logic When they spoke of violation
of contracts 1 asked them if they had a
contract to furnish the British Govern
ment with projectiles for a period or two
J cars and that during that time the Uni
ted States should engage In a war with
Great Britain whether they would con
sider the cortract with the foreign Gov
ernment superior to lovalty to their own
country This I said was a parallel case
with our present light 1 told them that
they were furnishing ammunition to the
United States fateel Corporation to assist
In the destruction of the body to which
thev gave their solemn allegiance ihcy
seemed to be impressed but evidently had
been told how to vote I told them that
I had been authorized to revoke their
charter and that it was the most sorrow
ful act I had ever performed in twenty
nine years in connection with labor or
ganizations It was like a funeral
The strike has been successfully broken
t the Painter Mills of the American Steel
Hoop Company Four of the mills con
tinued to operate today one turn and pro
duced more than ICO tons of steel hoops
merchantable and ready for shipment
The mills are manntd by fifty roll hands
and the entire working force numbers
about 200 men
The statement was reiterated today that
the management of the Star Tin Plate
Mill was preparing to bring in enough
men by the last of the week to put the
plant In partial operation Though Vice
President D R Hees of the Ptsbunr
xlstnct of the Amalgamated Association
said he thought it Impossible for the com
pany to get a single non union worker
out without robbing the Moncssen plant
the management was quoted as saying
that one crew had been obtained and
would be put to work in -a few days
Amalgamated officials declare that the
company means to break in green hands
few at a time at Monesscn while the
skilled workers arc sent out from there
to put other mills in partial operation
During the day President George G Mc-
Murtry of the Sheet Steel Company re
turned from an inspection of plants nt
Vandergrift Lcechburg Apollo Hyde
Park and Saltsburg He also visited
Scotdale and looked over the two plants
there He said his trip was purely one of
Inspection and that he had found all the
properties In a highly satisfactory condi
tion The production at the plants In that
region he declared was above the maximum-average
for this season of the car
There was nothing further to give out
he said as to tho location of the Wood
plant or any others to be removed to the
ICisklmlnctas Valley
All the tube workers of the Pennsylva
nia and Continental tube works of the
Bosnia f 125 Ilent Hoard 125 per
100 q ft by FrarX LiLbey k Co
He
National Tube Company In Second Ave
nue are on strike
General Superintendent Gilbert of the
Elba and Continental works cmplojing
together 1500 men s lid
All we know Is that the tube workers
have joined the strike which wc tike to
be a sympathetic move Yes the tube
workers were scheduled for a wage ad
A ince of 10 per cent as were the men of
the Pennsylvania Works
None of the 13M workers of the Penn
sylvania Tube Works appeared foi work
today on eitlur of the two turns Man
ager J W Latshaw said the men had
simply gone on what was believed to be a
sympathetic strike
The Keystone Rolling Mills operated
by the Port Pitt Iron ard Steel Companv
which were unexpectedly involved in the
strike Mondav were operating in full jes
terday The plant emplojes 650 men
Hearing of the strike twenty new skilled
men applied to the managers for pi ices
yesterday
One of President Shaffers visitors todaj
was Count Tredcr ck von Luxberg an
attache of the German Consulate In New
York who was Investigating the steel
strike from both sides in order to report
to his Government
hen Shaffer was asked about the prob
ability thatr the Amalgamated Associa
tion would have to be Incorporated before
it could do business again with the Steel
Corporation he said
Incorporation has not been necessary
In the past I don t think It will now
Wc have alwajs believed in keeping our
contracts and no contracts have been vio
lated so I dont see that the situation has
changed an
President Goirpers who left Washing
ton last week has been in Buffalo and is
now in New York City went on a mis
sion of peace and at the local headquar
ters of the American Federation of Labor
It was evident yesterday that he had
strong hopes of a degree of success in
his efforts News of some character has
been received from Mr Gompers and
that it was encouraging wa not denied
The published -statement that the Penn
sylvania Tube Company employes mem
bers of the American Federation of la
bor who struck yesterday at Pittsburg
did so at the command of President Gom
Iers Is said to be entirely without foun
dation and it is pointed out that the
constitution of the Federation docs not
empower the- president to take such ac
tion No appeal for financial assistance
has been made- by the Amalgamated As
sociation to the Federation and none is
expected ut present The Amalgamated
is said to have plenty of funds as vtt
and until a dire necessity arises for sucli
assistance It is felt certain that Presi
dent Staffer Ajll not give an evidence of
weakness by applying for outside aid ol
this character
Oi
NON UNION MElTTffOBBED
Several Person Ilenten Senr the
PIttblira Tube 11111k
PITTSBURG Aug 20 About thirty
men were working In the tube works to
day and about 5 p m a mod began to
gather in front of the plant A Hungarian
laborer left the plant at 6 oclock and the
mob hooted at him The cries brought
out other strikers and in a short time
there was a crowd of fully 1000 persons
Some men and boys with stones stationed
themselves nearby Joseph Klnos the
Hungarian left the mill by the Brady
Street gate
Somebody- shouted Remember the
gantlet at Homestead and Immediately
the mob separated leaving a narrow lane
up which the Hungarian ran He was
kicked struck and beaten with sticks
Several times he fell down and was as
sisted to rle with a kick His face was
a mass of cuts and bruises He finally
got away
An Irishman whose name could not bo
learned vyas nest attacked Jle was beat
en but escaped by- running up the steps
to the bridge Joseph Tucker a negro
coal passer was set uppn by the boys
armed with stones He ran up the rail
road traek with the mob after him He
Junipt el down the eighteen foot embank
ment but regained his feet and limping
boarded a street car
Two Hungarian laborers were badly
beaten Another laborer was knocked
down He held hlsdlnnec pall before his
face to ward off the attack and one of
the mob kicked the bucket against his
fnce and Inflicted a bad cut- By th it
time a detachment of police nad arrlve d
and the mot dispersed The police
had expected no trouble
i L
A TROY STRIKER SHOT
Violence MarL the Trouble of
Collnr 1uctorle Employes
TROY N Tt Aug20 The first out
break In the strike of the shirt collar
and waist cutters which ms been in
progress here for more th in a month
occurred tonight about 6 oclock when
one of the strikers was shot Several non
union cutters ard a crowd of strikers be
came engaged In a row A non union man
fired Into the crowd striking John Dug
rinler He was picked up unconscious
and it was at first believed he was dc id
A physician was summore d and found
that he had bee a struck in the head above
the left car the bulbt tearing away a
piece of the skull and making a wound
about an Inch In length He was carried
to his home on Tirst Avenue and it is
believed that he will recover
Two brothers named Collins who re
cently came from Montreal to take the
places of strikers were arrested One
confessed firing the Bhot ami pleaded
self defence as Justification subsequent
ly several strikers encountered a non-union
man on Congress btreet near the la
bor temple The non union man was rec
ognized as one who nad been sent out of
the city by the strikers about a week
ago A row ensued and the non union
man drew adultly and struck one of the
strikers on the head rendering him un
conscious A warrant was obtained by
the strikers for the arrest of the assail
ant for whom the police are now search
ing
A MILLION IN BOGUS NOTES
Counterfeiter Gain PonkcIoii of u
Defunct Hank Ilnle
SAN FRANCISCO Aug 20 Secret Ser
vice agents have arrested three men here
on the charge of passing notes printed
from the stolen plates of the defunct
State Bank of New Brunswick N J The
suspected men are Frank J Perry Wil
liam Hogan and E Wj Smith The last
named has been for eleht years chief
clerk of the life saving service In this
city Perry who has been under arrest
a week gave Information on which Hogan
and Smith were taken
It was discovered only recently that the
banks plates Wert still In existence and
possibly 1000000 will not cover the
amount of bogus notes put in circulation
since the institution went out of busi
ness No trace of the plates has yet been
secured
Ocenu Meniiilili Movement
NEW YORK Aug 20 Arrived Kaiser
Wllhelm Der Grosse Bremen Irleslnnd
Antwerp Minnehaha London Manitou
London Arrived out Austria from New
York at Glasgow Statendam from New
York at Boulogne Kulscrln Maria The
resa from Nivr York at Southampton
Pennsylvania from New- York at Ply
mouth
All one width Uonrd QtJlXi 8 Inches
and Lett at GUi and New Yort lit
TO
arfrinaton ffiww
WASHINGTON WEDNESDAY AUGUST 21 1901
ARMOR CONTRACTIENACED
Why Schwab Could Xot Sell His
Plant to the Steel Trust
Vu 1 ruth ill the Report Tlint He W HI
ltetlrc From It Presidency IIIm
torj of the Ileal by W hieh He Se
cured the Ilethlchem AVnrk
NEW YORK Aug 20 There is no truth
in the report from Philadelphia that
Charles M Schwab Is to retire from the
presidency of the United States Steel
Corporation in order to assume charge
of the Bethlehem Steel Company The
option which Mr Schwab obtained on a
majority of the Bethlehem stock and
which empires on Monday next he does
not now own It was taken off his hands
some weeks ago by- J I Morgan Co
The history of the denl In this stock as
related today- by a member of the financial
house concerned is an interesting one
For a year and more there has been
talk of a shipbuilding combination be
tween the Vickers Sons Maxim Co
and the Cramp Shipbuilding Company of
Philadelphia Part of the scheme was to
acquire control of the Bethlehem Com
pany Representatives of the Morton
Trust Company who were In charge of
the negotiations are said to have obtain
ed an option on the majority- of the Beth
lehem stock In June last at 2250 a share
when Mr Schwab jumped In and bidding
124 a share secured control of about 250
CO0 shares
It was understood at the time that he
was acting in tho Interest of a syndicate
which had been provisionally formed for
the promotion of a shipbuilding combina
tion but for reasons which could not be
ascertained today the plans of the syndi
cate fell through leaving Mr Schwab In
the anamolous position of being Presi
dent of the United States Steel Corpora
tion and at the same time holding an op
tion on a majority of stock in a rival con
cern which for reasons of business poli
cy could not be absorbed Into the Steel
Corporation The Morton Trust Company
and Kuhn Loeb Co the agents for
Vickers Sons Maxim refused to take
over the option at the price per share
which Mr Schwab had agreed to pay
When Mr Morgan returned from Eu
rope arrangements were made it Is
understood for the transfer of Mr
Schwabs contract to a syndicate formed
bv J f Morgan Co
There the matter now stands and the
probability Is that some statement as to
the future of the Bethelehem Company
will be made before next Monday That
tho United States Steel Corpcration will
not take over the control of the company
Is generally admitted As the Carnegie
and Bethlehem companies are the only
concerns which manufacture armor plate
in this country the Steel Corporation
would have a monopoly which might lead
the Government to build Its own armor
plate works Besides that It Is laid down
by the Government when tenders for
Federal contracts are advertised for that
there must be at least two competing
bids
Although the people lntfrested In the
situation would not talk fox publication
today it is understood that unless a syn
dicate Independent of the Steel Corpora
tion is formed to conduct the Bethlehem
works the original Vickers Sons Maxim
and Cramp combination with a con
trolling Interest In the Bethlehem Com
Iany will be carried through
A PRICE SET ON A VERDICT
Court mill ComiMel Tnllf of Briber
In Clevelnml Ohio
TOLEDO Ohio Aug 20 Direct charges
and counter charges of attempted bribery
were made today by Jmhretharles Meek
and the several attorneys who represent
the Arbuckles In their various suits here
against the Sugar Trust The attorneys
had secured a mandamus for the Judge
to compel him to sign a Journal entry
and bill of exceptions so that a case be
fore him could be appealed to a higher
court The Judge was offn the bench at
the time court having adjourned or the
three attorneys Clarence Brovvn Thomas
II Tracy and II A Rodman would have
gone to jail for contempt-
The attor leys hail said a number of
cutting things to the judge and he re
marked to some newspaper men stand
lnc near
I cannot say anything now but if
they persist in making such attacks I
will give it to you for publication AH I
can say now Is that I was offered J1X0 to
let the defence have the jury and later
was offered 1000 to take the case away
from the jury
Clarence Brown when told of the
charges said
I can say that the charges are noth
ing but lies pure and simple They- are
absolutely without foundation so far as
we know I will say that an offer was
made to us to secure a verdict for defen
dant in the coffee case for a consideration
and the price was named We dont say
it was done by Mecks authority for we
do not know But the offer was made and
the price was named at which we could
obtain a verdict but we- did not care to
get one that way
BURN A NEGRO MURDERER
SIn er of n VA hite Womuu Die tit
the Make
GAINESVILLE Tex Aug 20 Abe
Wilder the negro who murdered Mrs
Caldwell near Whitesboro late Friday
afternoon was captured this morning In
the Indian Territory and brought across
country to a point one mile south of
Dexter this State where he was burned
at the stake at 6 30 this evening
For three days hundreds of men have
been scouring the country in the hope
of running down the miscreant Last
night it was Icrneel that he had crossed
Red River north of here and at 10 30 a
large posse left Gainesville to head him
off Dr D M Hlgdes of this city a
cousin of the murdere d woman was with
the posse of one hundred who caught
Wilder He was taken tr Bob Indian
Territory where notice was sent out to
the searchers and all gathered there
They then put the negro in a buggy with
two men and started for Whitesboro the
whole searching party acting as an es
cort Tile distance to Whitesboro was
thirty miles
Sheriff Shrewsbury and two deputies
came in from Grayson County where the
murder occurred at 5 10 oclock this ev
ening on learning of the arrest of Wilder
and the intention of the mob to take him
back to the scene of his crime and burn
him at the stake They mounted horses
and started back tei head off the avengers
and rescue the prisoner If possible but
failed to irrhe In time and It is doubtful
whether they would have been able to
prevent the burning of the murderer had
they arrived earlier
IflO Itouml Trip to IlutTalo IjllO
omit DlHlrlet liny vln
Nylvnuln Knllrouil
TicLrt will be aold AujruKt 31 September 1 and
2 valid for return until September 0 inelumvr
at rate of 5 round trip Cofxl on all trains
Double daily bervice of ve atlbukd train
Any lentcth Ilonril tflJiS anil one
widtu 8 iniLe LibLey k Co
BIG OIL PLANT DOOMED
A Second CxploMlnn Injure Fonrteen
People nt Point Ilrecsc
PHILADELPHIA Aug 20 Another
tank containing SOO0O gallons of oil ex
ploded at 1 oclock this afternoon nt the
Point Breeze Oil Works Burning oil
wood and pieces of Iron fell among the
firemen and spectators fourteen of whom
leceived injuries tha necessitated their
removal to a hospital None was serious
ly hurt
Tire Chief Baxtci said today that only
three firemen were killed by the explosion
early this morning
The major part or tile fire department
Is at work at the flre which shows no
signs of abatement The blazing tanks
are being allowed to burn without any
tt tempt being made to check the flames
the firemen confining all their energies to
preventing a further spTead of the flames
There are several naphtha and gasolene
tanks near where the flames are raging
and as the air Is filled wlth blazing bits
of wood it Is scarcely possible that they
will be saved The prospect now Is that
the whole plant will be destroyed
The Standard Oil Company officials are
very reticent and have hampered the
firemen in their work by reruslng to
tell the contents of tanks They are also
loath tn make an estimate of the loss
nlthough one employe this afternoon
said that the damage already done would
reach 300000
John Lloyd Vice President of the oil
companv stated that his companys loss
will exceed 1000000 In addition the
Point Breeze branch of the gas works is
threatened and if this goes together
with the other structures in the neigh
borhood the loss will be Increased by an
other 500000
Half the firemen In the city are now
stationed In a line between the gas works
and the blazing oil tanks but the chief
admits that his men are likely to be put
to flight at any minute by streams of
burning oil Five hundred men are at
work digging a trench to head oft the
streams of oil from the Schhylkill River
They are laboring desperately for if the
oil once reaches the river a long line of
buildings and much shipping may be de
stroyed There Is not much hope of
checking the fire for at least three days
A tank car In the companys stable is
burning and little hope is entertained of
saving the structure The big cooperage
shop w hich caught fire at 2 oclock Is a
moss of ruins There are now standing
eight large tanks on Pennsylvania Ave
nue the factories and storehouses in the
rear of the tanks already nav lng been de
stroyed The tanks are In flames how
ever and Chief Baxter says they are
doomed
At 8 oclock the flames deployed toward
the oil companys wharves on the Schuyl
kill Two big tank steamers tied there
were hurriedly backed out and headed for
League Island It is yet feared that the
burning oil will reach the river
NEW YORK POLICE ARRESTED
Three OIGclnl Accused of Nettled o
Doty Are Held
NEW YORK Aug 20 Wardman Ed
ward G Glenron confidential lieutenant of
Deputy Commissioner Dev ery and actual
ruler of the Tenderloin police John H
Shields Tenderloin sergeant and acting
captain there recently and John Dwyer
Captain Floods warJman In the same
precinct were the three police officers ar
rested today and taken to tne Special
Sessions Court as a result of the arrest
of Edgar A Whitney who has been no
tifying poolrooms and dlsorelerly houses
of Intended raids ojefr the police wires I
All n eiwa M tiwl dmntv nt willful nffleft
of duty In failing to close Laura Maural s
disorderly house in West Thirty third
Street and all gave bail Glennons being
put higher on the tHtory that he will
jump it The cases wall be presented to
the grand jury at once although an ex
amination has been demanded and set
down for Thursday befpre Justice Jerome
Whitneys confession or statement so
far a it bears on these three charges of
neglect of duty was made public tonight
Whitney declares thatDevcrys ordtr to
the telephone bureau to let him use the
police wires whenevci he wanted them
was given when he was trying to tell
Glennon at the Tenderloin stationhouse
that the Parkhurst Society was going to
raid Lnura Maurals house He got the
message through to Acting Captain
Shields Whitney says Glennon gave him
a 100 bill for his services to the Maural
woman She has been arrested and has
jumped her ball The district attorneys
office say s the police sent her to Europe
It was Glennon AVhltncy sajs who pro
vided him with the list of poolrooms to
be protected and with several hundred
dollars to bribe Dillon the Parkhurst
agent and to pay himself The 20th of
every month Glennon told Whitney would
be pay day for the pr6tection of the pool
rooms by tips of Parkhurst raids
While Whitneys deposition was the
principal one on which the warrants in
the three cases were Issued there were
also those of Sergeant Shields Captain
Flood of the Ten lerlpln Superintendent
McCHntock of the Society for the Pre
vention of Crime and Mrs Aliza McAu
liffi n dressmaker who lived next door to
the raided disorderly houses In addi
tion to the fncts disclosed by the court
iroceedlngs today there are still many
matters testified to by other persons who
have not even been named in the news
papers It is expected that the three de
fendants will be indicted before the exam
ination on Thursday
COLOMBIA HIRES AMERICANS
Officers EiiKnircil nt Sen York for
the Veir Gmihont
NEW YORK Aug 20 The Government
of Colombia Is engaging American sea
men here as officers for her navy On
board the steamer Finance which sailed
for Colon today were Joseph A Mer
rltt and John Grundal who have been
engaged as first and second officers re
spectively They w ill be assigned to duty
on the- gunboat General Plnzon which
was formerly Jpmes Gordon Bennetts
steam jncht Namouna recently pur
chased by Colombia in England for 100
000 Ihc British officers refused to serve
after they had delivered the yacht at her
destination
Gen Carlos Alban Governor of
Panama then commanded Captain Suke
fort of the steamer Advanie to secure
mvii here- A third American officer was
to sail today with Merritt and Grundal
as first assistant engineer but he de
manded more fcr his services It is said
th in Colombia careel to pay The two
who hive already accepted billets in the
Colombian navy have contracts calling
for d substantial monthly allowance pay
able in United States gold Merrltt and
Grundai who have been connected with
some of the steamship lines here are not
eiulte certain whether or not they will be
required to help light the rebels or Vene
zuela
3InJor Mitrehnnd Goe to Cblnn
PEKIN Aug 20 Major Marchand of
Fashoda fame has been appointed to
the command of the brigade of French
troops in China
The Chlcitfro Arrlveut bpitheml
SPITI1EAD Aug 2S I The United States
cruiser Chicago nrrWcd liere today
IlriKht Uilu drletl Board IflT per
100 wj It at Cth tt and Kcvr Vork nt
THE CAPTAIN NOT AT FAULT
Acciilcnt to the Islander Regarded
as Unavoidable
Many ct of IleroUm Performed by
the Crew Excitement of the Pa
eiiKeri Ileponlhlc for the Ilcny
Lux of Life Iiont Left Too Soon
VICTORIA B C Aug 20 The respon
sibility for the Islander disaster Is being
discussed and although the speed of four
teen knots is criticisod the accident seems
to have been unavoidable The stories
of the passengers of the captain being
excitid by liquor are known to be untrue
That Captain Foote acted as he did In
not wanting to Immedaitcly put the
steamer on the beach is easily understood
in view of the past experience of Ihat
navigator when In command of the steam
er Danube about two years ago
The Danube struck a piece of ice oft
Taku Arm which tore a hole in the
steamers bow but bulkheads saved the
steamer from flooding and she steamed
into Juneau a little down by the head
but otherwise Intact She was temporar
ily repaired at Juneau and steamed down
to Victoria with a hole In her bow just
at the water line which was temporarily
patched with canvas and cement
When the Islander struck Captain
Foote who acted coolly evidently
thought the bulkheads of the Islander
would save the steamer Without doubt
according to tpb surviving officers the
Ice struck the steamer on her port quar
ter Just abaft Ihe second bulkhead be
neath the bridge and through the hole
torn there water rushed Into the large
portion amidships to the next bulkhead
It rushed Into the engine room and two
firemen vainly endeavored to shut the top
wheel and keep back the flooding water
from the engine room
The water poured in through the hole
and when the orders were afterward
given for full speed ahead the steam
er was down so much by the head that
both her propellers raced and with the
non resistance of the air the tremors
caused by- the racing wheels shook the
vessel considerably until the engines
now useless were stopped There was
nothing for it then but to get out the
boats
The story of the getting out of the boats
is told by the survivors now returned
shows that the officers and crew of the
steamerf Islander ncted like heroer It is
also shown that many of the passengers
rushed the boats and fought to push off
before the boats were filled neglecting
chances to save others in their hurry to
get the boats away
When Second Officer Howell Jumped
from the steamer to save hlmrlf as the
ship was making her final plunge there
was a boat standing by for Mrs Ross and
others but when he steamer plujed It
sheered oft at once and did cot v uit
In some boats there were a small num
ber of passengeri In one boat according
to several survivors there were but ten
men and In another but seventeen These
facts bear out Piot Le Blancs statement
that had the passengers been calm in
launching the boats the list of dead would
not have been so large
From Captain Foote down to firemen
and waiters It Is shown that the men of
the Islander remained with the vessel as
long- as was possible Captain Foote
waited on the bridge until the water al
most lifted him oft Le Blanc the second
mate Powell and Mate Neurotsos waited
until the vessel was making her final
plunge before they jumped for safety
Purser Bishop coolly gave the gold from
his safe to those who came for it and
helped with the boats to the end
Steward Simpson waited until the lights
had gone out and tho steamer was foun
dering before he sought safety and rs
second steward Horace Fowler like a
hero went down tp death In the dark
ness while ascertaining if all the passen
gers had left their staterooms Chief En
gineer Brownlee Second Engineer Allen
Third Engineer Allice and Fourth Engi
neer Denny each waited until the en
gines were useless and there was no use
in remaining in the engine room and then
went to render assistance in getting out
the boats declining a place for them
selves
One of the sailors Frothlngham went
from door to door shouting his warning
until as the vessel was about to sink he
threw himself off and was picked up from
some wreckage with a broken ankle by
Mate Neurotsos
The farewell of the engineers in the
engine room was one sad feature of the
catastrophe The bell had clanged twice
for full speed ahead but when the levers
had leen moved the only effect was to
make the two scrows of the steamer race
wildly In the air The signal from the
bridge could not be obeyed and after the
engines had been stopped and two firemen
had died In attempting to shut the top
wheel which would have blocked the wa
ter the engineers shook hands and as
they ran for the upper deck Second En
gineer Allen said If we meet we meet
and if we dont we dont well make a
dash for it uny way
The others met again but Second Engi
neer Allen went down to death and his
wife of five months is a widow
URGE FLINN FOR CHAIRMAN
The Allegheny Senator Show
S treiisrth nt llnrriNhnrjr
HARR1SBURG Pa Aug 20 The Alle
gheny County delegation to tomorrows
Republican convention held a caucus to
night and on motion of Senator Flinn a
committee was created to act with the
chairman of the delegation on all matters
of Interest It was agreed that whatever
the committee and Chairman Brown de
cided upon unanimously should be bind
ing on the entire delegation This gives
riinn who is chairman of the committee
a powerful leverage should an attack be
made on him In the convention It is
highly Improbable that such an attack
will be made however for tonight Gov
ernor Stone and the other leaders are
using every endeavor to Induce Fllnn to
accept the permanent chairmanship and
It is quite likely that he will yield to their
wishes
MINERS FIRE ON A POSSE
Slicrln Wiih About to Serve War
rniit on Union Men
EARL1NGTON Ky Aug JO A body
of union miners concealed in a weed field
ot St Charles fired upon a sheriff
posse Just before noon today and slightly
wounded several of the members Depu
ty Sheriff Barnett was armed with war
rants for several of the union men on
the charge of carrying concealed weapons
and other misdemeanors and was on the
way to execute these warrants Organi
zer Watklns who was named la the war
rants was arrested as the posse went
toward the depot and a revolver was
found on his person
Just after this arrest as the posse
proceeded tow are the railroad the fir
ing from ambush began lhe deputies
returned the lire advanced and broke
ufi the ambuscade One posse man was
fired on from a cornfield some minutes
nftcr the end of the engagement
125 per Kill ft for Hoard the liext
kind only by F Liluey A Co
CRITICISES BOER LEADERS
Kitchener Sny They Deceive the
-Men In the Field
LONDON Aug 20 The official ga
zette contains a long despatch from
General Kitchener detailing the opera
tions In South Africa from May 5 to July
8 In the course of his revert General
Kitchener makes an amusing reference to
the Yeomanry recruits many of whom he
says are unable to ride or shoot He con
siders that there are I3500 Boers In the
field and the long railway lines necessi
tate the employment of a large number
of troops to prevent the Boers from cap
turing trains General Kitchener declares
that great patience is required He says
he sees the inevitable end of the insensate
resistance which some may consider pa
triotic but which In his opinion has long
since forfeited such a designation and
has resulted In an unjustifiable prolonga
tion of the war and the sufferings of the
women aid children
Such a continuance is due he says to
the ignorant arrogance of the Boer lead
ers who originally opposed the war but
who are now unwilling to submit to what
they foresaw would be the Inevitable con
sequences The Boer- party which de
clared war has quitted the field and Is
now urging on those they deserted by
lying assurances of outside assistance
and by- raising absurdly deceitful hopes
that Great Britain has not sufficient en
durance to see the matter through
BRITISH STILL IN PEKIN
Return of Chinese Conrt Delayed
l ntll Evacuation Ocean
PEKIN Aug 20 The British troops
who have been here since last year are
leaving and arc being relieved by new
commands Three companies of the
Fourteenth Sikhs and a battalion of the
Sixth Burman bave arrived Colonel Cary
replaces Colonel Alexander as commander
In Pckln
The failure of the British to evacuate
Pckin annoys the Chinese Officials They
alone refuse to permit Yuan Shih Kals
trocps to enter Pekin though only two
of the twelve proposed posts are within
the former British section
The Chinese officials confess that the
reason given for the Courts delay In re
turning to Pekin is a mere- pretext The
excuse offered recently has been the bad
condition of the roads the beat the In
firmity of the Dowager Empress and the
desire to celebrate her TblrUay at
Kaiffg fu The real reason Is because tno
Powers are retaining supremacy- in Pekin
and vicinity and the evacuation has not
been accomplished
The Chinese censors are becoming
obstructionists They have sent several
memorials to the throne especially de
nouncing the Chinese for assisting for
eigners who thought their aid necessary
In the administration of the affairs of
Pekin
JOT AT NEWS OF CZARS VISIT
Pari Pnper Extrnvnunnt In Their
ExpresHion of Delight
PARIS Aug 20 The announcement
that the Czar and Czarina will attend the
French maneuvres next month has caused
an explosion of Joy In the French press
The visit was arranged six months ago
but the fact was kept a secret until now
The plans for the visit were submitted
tq th Czar and received his approval
but the details thus far made public are
v ague
The director of detectives called on
President Loubet today- and discussed the
measures to be adopted to protect the
Czar during his stay In France
ULTIMATUM FOR THE PORTE
The French Amhnaador Threatens
to Lenve Constantinople
LONDON Aug 21 A despatch to the
Times from Constantinople sajs that
the promise made by the Sultan to M
Constans the French Ambassador In re
gard to the claims of the French com
pany to the quays concession re
main unfulfilled It Is added that M Con
stans has intimated that unless the mat
ter Is settled by noon Monday relations
between France and Turkey will be brok
en oft The Sultan promised a settlement
by noon Tuesday
PARIS Aug 21 The Temps declares
that M Constans the French Ambassa
dor at Constantinople has been Insulted
by the Porte and that the situation has
taken a bad turn
OBNOXIOUS ACT OF GERMANS
Sir ItocUhlll I Said to Have Pre
ented n Protest
TIENTSIN Aug 20 It Is reported that
Mr Rockhill the American Special Com
missioner has urged the State Depart
ment to give attention to the persistent
occupation of tho university here by tho
Germans who refuse to either vacate the
premises or pay for the use of them
INACTIVIT Y ON SHAMROCK H
Her AInlnKitll I Still In Her Ten
der Hold
NEW YORK Aug 20 There was little
doing on board the cup challenger Sham
rock II today No attempt was made to
bend on the mainsail and it will not be
taken from the hold of the Shamrocks
tender the Porto Rico until the weather
Is dryer A few men were about scrub
bing down the deck this morning but that
was all the work done
It now looks as if it would be Sat
urday before the new yacht will take her
preliminary spin down the bay It is
possible that she may go out Friday but
not probable
GOLD COIN FROM AUSTRALIA
The Sub TrenKiiry and Wall Street
Receive Shipment Draft
NEW YORK Aug 20 The United
States Sub Treasury in this city received
checks from San Francisco today on ac
count of the deposit of 1400000 In Aus
tralian sovereigns in the Government mint
in that city Lazard Frcres New York
agents for the London Paris and Ameri
can Bank Limited received a Treasury
transfer for 700 000 In Australian gold
which Is In the San Trancisco mint
Other Wall Street firms received Inti
mations that there would be additional
Importations of gold from Australia with
in the next few weeks
3Vn Ovation to an Aged licclt
PARIS Aug 20 Papa Rousset sixty-seven
years old one of the contestants
in the bicycle race from Paris to Brest
nnd return a distance of T50 miles which
was won by Garin who finished Sunday
morning arrived at Brest at G oclock
last night He received a great ovation
Will Aak the Czar to Mediate
BRUSSELS Aug 20 Pro Boer commit
tees are organizing an International peti
tion in favor of Intervention in South Af
rica to present to tho Czar on the oc
casion of his visit to France
Norfolk A WaKhlncton steamboat Co
Delightful trips dailr at 0 30 p m from foot
th tt to Old lonnt orfolk VJ heath IV an
ctt and euport Nea For schedule oce page 7
Uniform thleknex Iloard I- per
100 It bet quality too Cth and I Y ave
Price One Cent
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BLACKS MABKED FORDEATH
A Mob Hangs Shoots and Burns to
Kevcnge a White Girls Murder
Pierce City Mo Swept of Xegroes
by Frenzied Popnlacu Proof That
trie Man Flrt Lynched W Gnilty
Suspect Safe In Jail Elienhere
PIERCE CITY Mo Aug 20 Tho
hanging of Will Godlry for tho murder
of Miss Wilde shortly after midnight by
a mob numbering from X to 1000 men
has produced a state of terror among the
colored people ot Pierce City French
Godley grandfather ot Will Godley was
shot and Pete Hampton perished in tho
flames of his own house fired by tho mdb
Last night was one of frenzied animosity
toward the blacks on lhe part of the
white population Some 300 negroes tied
In all directions The mob broke epen
the hardware stores and selzl firearms
and ammunition and took the rilies frcm
the armory of the Pierce City company
of the Missouri National Guard
The attack on the negroes continued as
long as one could be found Some tf them
took refuge In the woods while others
left on the morning trains for nearby
towns A number went to Springfield
Many were so panic stricken that they
did not take time to pack their household
goods
Eugene Barrett a negro boy about
eighteen years old says that the train
porter Starks who runs on the Oklahoma
division of the Frisco rood killed tho
young woman Barrett Is now tn Jail
at Mount Vernon Starks was arrested
at Tulsa I T this morning He is about
tw enty f our years old What will be done
with him Is not yet known Taking him
to Pierce City for his preliminary exami
nation now would mean his death at
once Barrett says that Starks bearded
with Joe Lark also a Frisco road porter
who was arrested In Springfield this
morning and placed in jail there
Bloodhounds are said to have tracked
some one from the body of the murdered
girl to Ijirks house Lark Is allowed to
remain in the office of the Springfield jail
but says he would rather be in the Jail
there than free on the streets of Pierce
City Lark denies that Joe Starks board
ed with him and denies any knowledge
of the crime He seems confident that
he will not be implicated although ho
was arrested and is held at the request
of Pierce City authorities
Young Barrett who Is In Jail at Mount
Vernon expecting to be lynched every
minute connects Joe Lark with the
crime
Godley said to a correspondent In his
cell before he was hanged that he had
served ten years for an assault on a wo
man sixty years old The evidence against
hlra was not complete when he was hang
ed but It Is claimed that It was made
complete afterward It Is alleged that
he made the statement once that If ever
he committed a criminal assault again a
young girl would be the victim He could
not or would not explain his whereabouts
when the crime was committed and blood
hounds tracked him to where he admitted
he had gone then to his home from there
to the Jail and to the cell where he was
confined
The bloody work may not be ended as
other negroes are implicated Barretts
confession charging Joe Lark implicates
himself
The work of the frenzjed mob In the
negro quarter was terrible There was
no apparent distinction between guilt and
Innocence Houses were set on fire
others were riddled with bullets and riot
reigned supreme with the slogan Tho
negro must go
The funeral of Miss Wilde occurred at
10 oclock this morning and trouble was
looked for and certainly would have been
precipitated had a negro been seen on the
streets when the body was taken to the
cemetery
The first outbreak of anti negro feeling
occurred about 1 oclock this morning
when the negro Pete Hampton left his
home and went to the house of Frank
Godley just south of the Frisco Railroad
depot The mob was looking for Hamp
ton who fired a shot from the upper
story into the crowd and uttered some
words of defiance A part of the crowd
returned the fire and Jiampton fell dead
Frank Godley then came to the door and
was shot dead
Meanwhile some of the mob went to
Hamptons house a half block away and
set It on fire They returned and set fire
to the houses of Shack Brlnson Frank
Godley Mr Carter and Alexander Rob
inson all negroes living near together
All five houses were burned down The
dead bodies of Hampton and Godley were
burned past all recognition An orphan
girl colored Is missing and Is supposed
was burned In Godley s house
DISFRANCHISING LAW UPHELD
The Grandfather CIane May Fall
Ilut Louiiniin Act Stands
NEW ORLEANS Aug 20 Judge Som
crville of the Civil District Court before
w hom the case of Dav id J Ry anes a negro
against Jere Gleason supervisor of reg
istration was on trial has sustained tho
exceptions filed by Attorney General
Gmon and dismissed the suit- This is
the suit Instituted at the suggestion and
expense of the Afro American League
of Washington to test the constitutionali
ty of the suffrage clause of the Louisiana
constitution by which 30 per cent of the
negroes are disfranchised which clause
has been adopted in North Carolina and
Is in process of adoption in Alabama
A test case was made with tho negro
Ryanes and it Is announced it Is the
purpose of the league to carry the case
up to the United States Supreme Court
Ryanes demanded registration although
he ui3frrichise d under the constitution
of Louisiana claiming that the constitu
tional and statutory laws in regard to
registration are unconstitutional and null
and void The court decided that ir this
contention prevails that Ryanes could
not be registered because the supervisor
would have no legal duty to perform In
connection with registration A signifi
cant point in the decision is the declara
tion that if part of the law affecting suf
frage qualification is unconstitutional It
does not In any manner affect the other
sections and If It be found that the fam
ous grandfather clause section 5 by
which men are given the electoral fran
chise because their grandfathers were
voters Is unconstitutional this does not
affect sections 1 and - which make abil
ity to read and write or ownership of
propcrtv the bases of suffrage
The decisions of the United btntes Su
preme Court are quoted on this point
Thus if the case reaches the United
States Supreme Court It will be possible
by sacrificing the grandfather clause to
save the rest of the suffrage section by
whlch the ncSioes are disfranchised and
the action of the Supreme Court will havo
the effect only of disfranchising those
few llllterato and property -less white
men who claim the right to vote be
cause their grandfathers were voters
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