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HBT ii r^ VOL. XXV.—NO. 201. STRIKE WON'T BE GENERAL So Decides the United Mine Workers' Convention at Indianapolis RAISE FUNDS INSTEAD Committee Reports Recommendations Which Are Unanimously Adopted THE BODY ISSUES AN ADDRESS TO THE PUBLIC $50,000 Is Appropriated From the Na tional Treasury—Districts and Sub districts Asked to Help, and an As sessment Will Be Levied on Union Men. INDIANAPOLIS, July 19.—At 1:30 this afternoon the convention of United Mine Workers adjourned, after declar ing against a general strike, providing for the raising of a fund with which to aid the striking anthracite miners, and issuing an appeal to the American people for support. The recommendations brought in by the special committee, appointed in the executive session of yesterday, are ex- WILL THE STRIKERS WEAKEN? «* T. DEMPJEY. 'sedt* DISTRIC ±40. J - While the operators of the Pennsylvania coal fields profess to believe the strike has failed, and the men are, for the most part, already willing to go back to work, the strike leaders, on the other hand, vehemently declare that the strikers are still full of fight and victory is assured even though it be delayed. Above are photographs of two prominent strike leaders. actly identical with those suggested by President Mitchell in his address on the first day of the convention. They were unanimously adopted by the con vention. The recommendations were as follows: Committee's Recommendations. First —That the national secretary treasurer of the United Mine Workers be authorized to appropriate $50,000 from the funds of the national treasury for the benefit of Districts 1, 7 and 9 (these are the anthracite districts.. Second—That all districts and subdis tricts, and local unions be asked to do nate whatever they can afford for the support of the strike. Third —That an assessment of 10 per cent be levied on the earnings of mem bers of the unions 6, 8. 12. 13, 19, 23 and and that an assessment of 1 per cent per week be made on the members of districts 2, 5, 11. 14, 15, 16, 20 and 21. This assessment is not to be made against members of unions now on strike, but in such cases assessments are to commence when the strikes are over, the manner of this being arranged by the unions. Fourth—The assessments to be paid di rect by the local unions to Secretary- Trf'asurer Wilson. Fifth—That 25 per cent be deducted from the salaries of all national district officers and organizers. Sixth—That the assessments begin from July 10. Seventh—That all contributions to be made- by the national organization be dis tributed pro rata to the anthracite dis tricts pro ratio as shown by the last coal reports. Eighth—That each local union be re quested to aid as far as possible in se curing work for men now on strike. In this connection the good offices of the American Federation of Labor will be re quested. Ninth—That an address be submitted to the American people. Address to the Public. ''The address of the convention to the public, above mentioned, is as fol lows: "When we look upon the enormous fortunes that our labor has made pos sible, with the innumerable comforts and luxuries that it brings to the peo ple at large, and then examine the paltry pittance we receive as wages for the labor we have to perform, the dangers we undergo, the dampness we must endure, the foul air we must breathe and the peculiar rheumatic and lung troubles, superinduced by those conditions which we must bear, we naturally feel that we are being unjustly dealt with in the small amount of this world's goods which we receive in return for so much labor and so many sacrifices. "The great combinations of capital which control the coal industry have become so powerful that no miner can hope, through his individual efforts, to secure a jUst share of the wealth which his labor ha* produced. The history of industrial development in the past has shown that when capital combines the workers must associate, else they will all, one by one, be unpitied sacri fices in the struggle for existence. For many years the coal miners of Amer ca have been imbued with the truth of Continued on Ninth Page. fbe J>t J mil gtoto DAY'S NEWS SUMMARIZED Weather for St. Paul and vicinity: Partly cloudy, with occasional showers. DOMESTIC— City council of Cleveland Is alleged by the attorney general to be an illegal body, and he seeks to oust it. Chicago Housewife association estab lishes a board of arbitration to deal with wage disagreements with domestics. James E. Dolan is elected president of the United Order of Hibernians. Kansas youth kills his sweetheart be cause their marriage is opposed by the girl's father. President Reese, of the United Mine Workers of lowa, will accept the Demo cratic nomination for congress and be helped on the stump by President Mit chell. United Mine Workers' convention de cides against a general strike and will try and raise funds instead. Farmers along the Mississippi and Dcs Moines rivers are fighting high water to save towns and crops. Family near La Crosse badly beaten in a quarrel over a fence. WASHINGTON— Gen. Wood will be placed in military charged of the Panama canal, and Rear Admiral Walker will be chairman of the construction commission. An order is issued establishing a mili tary post at Chickamauga. FOREIGN— Severe earthquakes occur at Kingston, St. Vincent. Colombian government and revolutionary naval vessels have a battle. King of Belgium is to visit tne United States next year. French religious establishments are be ing closed by the government under the associations law. POLITICAL— Senator John A. Johnson is boomed as Democratic candidate for congress in the Third district. T. D. O'Brien and J. C. Michael file for Democratic nomination to the district bench. Alex McKinnon is picked to make the ■^— —i^ «£§ SjlW^^' "y^^^^W^ IHtf e^^S£&S? Democratic race for congress in the Ninth district. LOCAL— Father Hart, formerly of St. Paul, now chaplain in army, discusses religious con ditions in Philippines. Labor commissioner's report shows that Minnesota is far ahead of all other states as regards child labor. Ambrose Tighe resigns from charter commission because he thinks efforts fu tile under present restrictions. Al J. Smith, of Minneapolis, is ap pointed assistant United States attorney for Minnesota. Under supreme court ruling St. Paul's entire assessment system may be worth less. Great boom in railway building in St. Paul at present. Buildings to go up on Fifth and Cedar to cost $150,000. MINNEAPOLIS— Norbeck will have a chance to plead guilty tomorrow. Irwin Gardner will appeal his case to supreme court. BUSINESS— It is another wild day in oats, prices reaching the highest point since 1874. Stock prices sink, but rally on the ap pearance of an unexpectedly favorable bank statement. SPORTING— American Association—Kansas City, 5; St. Paul, 3. Indianapolis, 11, 5; Louis ville, 7, 4. Milwaukee, 3; Minneapolis, 2. National League—Philadelphia, 4; New York, 3. Pittsburg, 5; Chicago, 0. Brook lyn, 5, Boston, 4. St. Louis, 2; Cincin nati 1. •American League—Baltimore, 2; De troit 1. Boston, 2; Chicago, 0. St. Louis, 6; Washington 4. Philadelphia, 9; Cleve land, 3. Flying Torpedo wins Wheeler stakes at Washington Park. Gold Bell lands Lake view handicap. Louis James, the nineteen-year-old Glenview golfer, wins the amateur cham pionship of United States by defeating E. M. Beyers. SCHEDULED TO OCCUR TODAY. Grand—Frawley company in "Blue Jeans," 8:15. Como Park—Minnesota State band con certs, 2:30 and 8:16. Wildwood—Wool and Barrett's orches tra, 2:30 and 8:15. Druids' picnic at Harriet island. MOVEMENTS OF STEAMSHIPS. Port. Arrived. Sailed. Hamburg Pennsylvania. Liverpool Corean. Queenstown. ..Etruria. Southampton Southwark. New York... .Noordam. Liverpool Lucania. Hongkong.... Claverlng. < London Minnehaha. New York Urabria. Antwerp Zeeland. Cherbourg Gr.Kurfurst. Havre ; La Gascogne. SUNDAY MORNING, JULY 2Q, 1902.-THITRY PAGES. FIGHTING THE FLOOD FARMERS IN MISSOURI ARE BAT TLING WITH RAGING STREAMS , $ ENDEAVORING TO SAVE THEIR TOWNS AND CROPS More Than 300 Square Miles of Corn Is Reported Ruined, Entailing a Loss of Over $4,000,000 —Dcs Moines and Mississippi Are Still Rising—One Township Submerged. KEOKUK, lowa, July 19.—A fine battle was fought all day today and has reached its crisis tonght in which Missouri farmers fought the waters of the combined Mississippi and Dcs Moines rivers at the Egyptian levee, a few miles south of here. Once the at tacking river succeeded in making a break in the strong breastwork, but the farmers rallied and drove it back. They were fighting for their homes, many square miles of corn fields and the safety of the town of Alexandria. Dcs Moines River Rises Six Inches. The Dcs Moines river at its mouth rose six inches higher than during the flood the first of the week. Tonight it lacks a bare half foot of topping the Egyptian levee and is still steadily ris ing. The Mississippi is coming up still faster and accomplished a foot and a half today. This checks the current in the Dcs Moines river and turns the flood against the levees. The crest of the flood of both rivers is due to ar rive at noon Sunday and settle the question whether Alexandria and the best corn acres shall go with the rest, adding another $100,000 to the damage already done. Late reports tonight picture the de struction down the Mississippi, scurry ing of farmers to get off inundated lands and save their families, and steamboats taking off many, including all residents of the islands in the Mis sissippi. A number of manufacturing plants along the river front at Quincy have water in the basements and ris ing hourly, and a rise approaching there threatened to seriously cripple the factories. Even as far south as Louisiana, Missouri, the flood is doing damage. River Now Wide Spread. Observer Gosewish, of the weather bureau station here, said late tonight that the rise here will be eight inches more, although the river is now wide spread and the height lessened by the greater area of flooded lowlands. The conditions of yesterday were much wore today and the Mississippi is from two to ten miles wide for sev enty-five' miles below Keokuk and ris iing rapidly. The flood is reaching far outlying farms hitherto missed, and farmers in the lowlands on the Mis souri side have lost everything but their citadels and a few fields behind the highest levees. Damage is also occurring on the Illinois side, between here and Quincy, where there are many thousands acres on the river side levees, and the levees themselves not entirely efficient, the water working through at the site of the flood gates. The Lima and Hunt levees, opposite Canton, Mo., the most dangerous places and which protect many square miles of corn in Illinois are being constantly patrolled and hopes are entertained that they may possibly hold. The greatest damage is on the Mis souri side of the Mississippi river, be tween Keokuk and Hannibal, territory covering 300 square miles, and on which the corn was estimated at eighty bushels to the acre a few days ago. Hundreds of farmers are tenants who lost crops by last year's drought in the uplands and moved to the low lands this year. They are penniless and hunting work in towns and cities. Reports today are that in the territory indicated the loss will be over $4,000, --000, chiefly to corn laid by and in splendid condition previously. One Township Is Submerged. The damage done up the Mississippi river is greater than expected or at first reported. One township in this county, Green Bay, is six or seven feet under water. It contains over 11,000 acres of crops. There families were driven out hurriedly and some cattle drowned. Corn there was the very finest in this section of the country last week. The levees eight miles north of Burlington broke, inundating three square miles that had been con sidered safe. The Skunk river, the most damaging Continued on Ninth Page. RfiESE, MINER, TO RUN FOR CONGRESS IN IOWA He Will Accept Democratic Nomina- tion, and President Mitchell Will Take Stump for Him. Special to The Globe. INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., July 19.—John P. Reese, president of the United Mine Workers of lowa, announces tonight that he will accept the Democratic nomination for congress in the Albia district of his state. For two days tel grams have been pouring in on Reese asking him to make the race. The dis trict is RepuD|icai£ by 2,500 and is now represented by Maj. Tracey, who was twice defeated before his election. There are 5,000 miners in the district. Reese has steadily^ refused to enter politics until his friends in the conven tion urged him to do so in order that the miners and working people gener ally might have a voice in legislation against "government by injunction." Mother Jones' appeal made in the con vention today was said to have had much influence with Reese. It Is said tonight that President Mitchell will visit the district during the campaign and speak for Reese. Mother Jones, one of the most persua sive speakers in the labor field, has also promised to go there if it is de sired. WOOD TO SUPERVISE CANAL SANITATION Rear Admiral Walker to Be Chosen Chairman of the Panama Canal Construction Commission. Special to The Globe. WASHINGTON, D. C, July 19.—Gen. Leonard Wood is not a candidate for chairman of the isthmian canal con struction commission or for member ship in. the commission, and the presi dent has not considered his appoint ment to<4h4t place. Gen. Wood may, however, be placed in charge of the military government proposed for the Panama canal strip during and after the construction of the canal, If that project is carried out. Gen. Wood's suggestions in this matter have been directed to the purpose of providing improved sanitation. The construction work ci the Panama Canal company, was as costly in life as in money and It has been feared that the construction and maintenance of the Panama canal by the. United States would be marked by continuous and great mortality. Gen. Wood believes that it is possible .q prevent this and President Roosevelt is understood to agree with him and to think that Gen. Wood is the man to establish such a regime. Rear Admiral John G. Walker, re tired, who has been chairman of the isthmian canal commission, is believed to be already selected for chairman of the Panama canal construction com mission if the beginning of the work is not too much delayed. Congress will, of course, adjourn next session on March 4 and it is not likely that the Panama canal commission will be ap pointed before that time. FRIENDLY RACE ENDS IN A GIRL'S DEATH Farmers Near Frazee Run Their Horses With Fatal Results. FRAZEE, Minn., July 19.—Eli Davis and his father, farmers, living about five miles from here, while running their teams in a friendly race this aft ernoon, met with a serious accident. The rig driven by young Davis struck a stump, tipping the wagon over and killing Miss Norton, a neighbor's daughter, fourteen years old, severely injuring Mrs. Ole Nelson and slightly injuring her husband. The rest of the occupants escaped without injuries. RUSSIA—Now, boys, all together., GYMNASTICS IN PRICES For These Do Oats Carry Off the Palm, Breaking Ee cent Records LOFTIEST SINCE' 1874 Standard July in Chicago Merrily Goes Up to Sixty-Five Cents SHORTS THOROUGLY SCARED OVER THE DUBIOUS OUTLOOK Patten Credited With Holding Over a Million Bushels of Stanar.d July Oats —No Apparent Possibility of a Heavy Influx of the New Contract Grade of This Cereal. Special to The Globe. CHICAGO, July 19.—Standard July oats sold today for 65 cents, the best price that cereal has brought since 1874. For price gymnastics that grain carried off the palm on 'change and was easily the leader from the opening. The price of that option passed the 60 --cent mark on the opening trade and later bade fair to pass the July corn record. "At the top" it was selling at 65 cents. It closed at at 64% cents, with a gain for the day of 7*4 cents. The trade was not large, but pit of ferings were very hard to find and harder to get. The buying of a "five" or a "ten" put the market up from % cent to 1 cent. Shorts seemed thor oughly scared over the dubious out look. Their chances of getting hold of cash oats to deliver on their contracts seem less likely as the days pass, and many prefer to take their losses in the pit even at the big advance. Today the market looked as if there was a long line of "new" July oats be ing held back by some unknown spec ulator. About the only offerings which came out were through commission houses, and seemed to be the taking of profits by small holders. The talk of late has been, that James A--Patten, mayor of EVanston and of the "May oat-deal" fame, holds from a million to a million and a half bushels of "standard" July oats. At Work, though "Vacating." ~" Mr. Patten is on his vacation and beyond the reach of telegraph or other word from "civilization." This fact is advanced by some against the theory of his active interest in the July op tion. An oats trader, who is a personal fHend of Mr. Patten, said today: "I don't believe he has the line ac credited to him by the crowd. When he went away he said he was long 1,000,000 bushels of September oats, and that was all. Since then that has been sold by a broker. He is a hun dred miles from a telegraph office at present and that does not look favor able to the pit." The firm of Bartlett & Frazier is also named as a good holder of new July oats. Whoever the holder, It looks certain that there will be enormous profits, considering the comparatively small line supposed to be held. There seems to be no possibility of a heavy influx of the new contract grade of oats, such as that which troubled the July corn bulls. Stocks everywhere are practically nil and the new crop move ment and grading have been seriously cut down by the excessive rains of last month. It is admitted by practi cally everybody conversant with the oats outlook that there will be little new oats before August which will grade contract, and, at any rate, far from enough to fill the July contracts. Big Steel Plant for McKeesport. PITTSBURG, Pa., July 19.—The United States Steel corporation has accepted the offer of the citizens' com mittee of McKeesport and will build its $1,000,000 tube plant in that city. ' •«»l mtatc •rnct •••••!■ ><• re«« nn Maria* J . ■HIM c. »i«» ••■ mta un »»il»i»%, ■~. '.. ■»-!' <«t. mul. minn..^ 'July"l7o^9O2« \the »av>:? f.loho, %.v, Paul, vinn., ...... .Gear's . / i . 'it nay Interest you to know that 1 made a $3100 sale from' /•vary vacant ctivprttsement-tn your paper, and J congratulate the \ •- ■' '■-■ .: • '''*" - preaent mana^encnt on the Improvement that has been made In the '".lobe i ■• •• '■ •■-. ■■ 'I/?- " ."{ las an advertising rnhßlum.' .Your« truly, increase in (Jlobes Circulation for Meek July 14-19,1902* City of JV. Paul ZOZ State, outside of St. Pau1 ......... 388 - &otal . 590 ... ARBITRATION FOR ROWS WITHfDOMESTICS Chicago Housewife Association Guards the Interest of Employer and Employed Alike. Special to The Globe. CHICAGO, July 19.—Arbitration has invaded the kitchen. By its beneficent application the Chicago Housewife as sociation expects to prevent the cook and the laundry girl from striking. A board of arbitration, full panoplied with all the powers and prerogatives of a court of last resort, was estab lished by the association today. From its decisions there will be no appeal. Violations of its decrees will subject the transgressor, if she be a housewife, to expulsion from the association, and if she be the domestic, to a denial of the privileges extended by the associa tion. Any girl who serves the family of a member of the association one year is entitled to a diploma. At the end of the second year she has the option of a seal or $10, and for each succeeding year she gets a prize of $5. The house wife who ill treats her servant is pun ished by ignominious expulsion from the association. COLOMBIAN GUNBOATS MEET AND CANNONADE Panama Again Thrown Into a State of Alarm, Without Which It Would Be Lonesome. PANAMA, Colombia, July 19.—The insurgent gunboats Padilla and Darian appeared last night between Flamonce and Ottique islands. Gov. Salazar thereupon ordered the government gunboats Chucuito and Clapet to put to sea and meet them. Heavy cannonading is taking place. The United States special service steamer Ranger is coming into the bay. Great alarm prevails in this city. The intrenchments are full of soldiers. The cannonading between the gov ernment and the revolutionary vessels continued until 4 o'clock this afternoon. It was heaviest at 10 o'clock this morn ing. At 2 o'clock the Darien was seen in tow of the Padilla, and it is believed she had been hit. The government fleet was handicapped by the absence of the gunboat Boyaca, the keel of which was being repaired, and it is thought probable that this fact was known by the insurgent general, Her rera, who decided to attack Panama in order to prevent the government from helping Gen. Berti's troops at Aqua Dulce. The United States steamer Ranger, which returned here at 10 o'clock from Chiriqul, came within the line of fire. During a part of the heavy firing she was back of Flamenco island. The government gunboat Boyaca, which is at La Boca, hurriedly com pleted repairs, and is going out at 5 o'clock. The Padilla has gone. The Ranger left the bay after the Padilla started, taking the same course as the revolutionary gunboat. No explana tion is offered of the movement. It is thought probable that a great battle is being fought at Aqua Dulce. Whatever the result of this shall be to Gen. Herrera's army, Gen. Salazar, the governor of Panama, said the revolu tionary forces will suffer terribly, and an attack by them upon Panama will be rendered impossible even if they are not defeated. Gen. Salazar has blind confidence in his troops. RELIGIOUS INSTITUTIONS IN FRANCE CLOSED UP Premier Combes Executing His Order Under the Law of Asso ciations. PARIS, July —In consequence of the issuance of a circular by M. Combes, the premier, July 15, ordering the strict execution of the law of as sociation by the closing before July 23 of schools and other institutions man aged by unauthorized congregations, the police are proceeding with the closure of all such establishments. The circular affects 2,500 schools through out France. These schools are attend ed by 150,000 pupils and many of them are conducted by nuns. ■■■■■•■.: A number of small demonstrations against the measure occurred today in various towns, and considerable feel ing was manifested, though there was no serious disorder. The Clerical lead ers vigorously denounce the closing of these institutions as.illegal and inhu man. Protests have also been made by several bishops. Plum for the Northwestern University. CHICAGO, July 19.—A bequest esti mated at $700,000 has been left to the Northwestern university by James;. F. Robinson, president of the Rock Island National.. bank . and ; .Central Trust and Savings' bank, of Rock Island, 111. The money will be used in.the erection of a new gymnasium. :-'■= •--• ■■ ■**-,? < •>.,- , . - ••; PAGES 1 to I*. m 11 PRICE FIVE CENTS. NO AMERICAN BISHOP INDEPENDENT DELEGATE WILL PROBABLY BE APPOINTED BY LEO. It Is Considered Impossible for Bishop O'Gorman, of South Dakota, to Act in This Capacity at Manila—Denial of the Reported Dissolution of the Cardinals' Commission. ROME, July 19. — Interest in the Philippine question now centers in the appointment of an apostolic delegate to Manila, as it is considered the selec tion will be an indication of the real intention of the holy see. Gov. Taft has unofficially intimated to the Vati can that the appointment of an Amer ican prelate would be preferred and mentioned the name of the Rt. Rev. George Montgomery, bishop of the dio cese of Monterey and Los Angeles. It is thought to be impossible to se lect Bishop O'Gorman, of Sioux Falls, S. D., because of his participation in the negotiations here. Doubt, how ever, is felt about the Vatican ap pointing an American, as the opinion is expressed In pontiflclal circles that an entirely independent delegates is required to properly deal with the questions at issue. The. dispatch from Rotne published in the London Chronicle, asserting that the pope is intensely displeased at the way in which the commission of car dinals has conducted the negotiations with Judge Taft in the matter of the friars in the Philippines, that he has annulled the procedure of the com mission and has summarily dissolved It, expressing the view that the Ameri can demands were reasonable and sig nifying his readines to treat with Judge Taft personally, is based on an entire misunderstanding of the situa tion. The commission of cardinals was not summarily dissolved. Its work ended with the acceptance of Cardinal Rampolla's proposition to defer fur ther discussion of the negotiations to Manila. As all the parties agree to this it is absurd to say that the pope Is de sirious of personally treating with Judge Taft. On the contrary, the pope has expressed the h'ghest satisfaction with the result of the negotiations. He said: "Having started direct negotia tions with Washington is one of the happiest events of my pontificate." WASHINGTON, D. C. July 19.—N0 matter how the negotiations at Rome end, even in the unlikely event that at the last moment the Vatican officials should accept the principal proposition advanced by Gov. Taft, it is believed here that it will still be necessary for the apostolic delegate referred to in Cardinal Rampolla's notes to go for ward to Manila in the capacity of an appraiser of the friars' properties. It is believed that Mgr. Sbarettl Is to be archbishop at Manila, SUBSTITUTING CIVILIANS FOR NAVAL OFFICERS Effort to Bring This About Me,ets an Un« expected Check. WASHINGTON, D. C, July 19.—Th« effort to substitute civilians for naval of ficers in their shore duties lias come to an unexpected check. The reports called for from every officer on shore as to tho nature of the duties he is discharging show that in most of the instances where it will be possible to substitute civilian employes, <mSg to the high technical skill required, the compensation of tho civilians would be far In excess of the salaries paid to naval officers. This is true in the case of inspectors ol structural material and ships under con struction. In the case of naval engineers doing shore duty, it is the genera f report that no one but a commissioned officer can be charged with the heavy responsibil ity of the work. lowa at the St. Louis Fair. ST. LOUIS, Mo.. July 19.— The Itfwa world's fair commission has decided to allot $50,000 of the state's appropriation for the erection of a building at the world's fair. This will leave $75,000 for making exhibits in the department build ings. Own 1 Psgs 29 off