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LETTER CARRIERS.
Appeals Considered by the National
Convention at ’Frisco.
SAN FRANCISCO. Sept. B—ln the letter
carriers’ national convention to-day com
mittees were announced by the chairman.
After the board of trustees had been ex
cused Chairman James Atkinson, of Fall
River, of the committee on appeals, read
his report, which was accepted. The prin
cipal appeal wag-that of S. B. Smith, of
Milwaukee, convicted on a technicality of
having received a letter which was acci
dentally and not Intentionally left in his
bag. In the matter of an appeal from Har
risburg, Pa., the majority report of the lo
cal branch was adopted after a long dis
cussion. It was resolved -that all branches
submit their constitution to the national
association for approval. After recess the
report of tha mutual benefit association
was taken up.
PoMtofflce Clerks.
BALTIMORE, Sept. B.—The contest be
tween the rival delegations from New York
to the convention of the National Associa
tion of Postofflc© Clerks, now in session
here, consumed the greater portion of the
morning session. Branch 3 being denied ad
mission, a motion to restore its charter was
lost. Prior to resuming the discussion of
this vexed question, a committee of seven
on resolutions and nine on the classification
bill now before Congress was ordered to be
appointed by the president. Committees to
secure the passage of a pension bill for post
office clerks and to obtain leaves
of absence for clerks in * minor post
otllces were also appointed. The con
vention then took up the New York contest
and heard a statement from John Keegan,
of New York, a member of Branch 3. A
heated discussion followed, after which a
motion to restore the charter to Branch 3
was lost by a vote of 70 to 35.
At the opening of tfte afternoon session
Miss Rich, of Minnesota, who was formerly
secretary of the association, was introduced
by the chairman as ‘ one of the boys." She
said the privilege extended to her of speak
ing on tiie floor* came rather too late, us
she had desired to address the delegates on
the New York question.
Dors Not Fear Trouble wllli Japan.
MILWAUKEE, 8-pt. B.—Edwin Dunn. a.
United States minister to Japan, in an in
terview to-day says he does not apprehend
any trouble between Japan and the United
Slates with regard to Hawaii. If the
United States is bound to annex Hawaii,
he thinks that it can t done in such a
manner as to avoid friction. As to the ad
visability of annexing Hawaii, Mr. Dunn did
not express himself for publication. Mr.
Dunn Is of opinion that good will result
from the recent action of Japan In adopt
ing a 32 to 1 monetary standard.
THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL.
WAGON WHEAT, ©So
ACME MILLING CO.,
Old 352 West Washington St.
FITZHUGH LEE RETURNS
AND TALKS BRIEFLY ABOUT THE
SITUATION IN SUFFERING CUBA.
He Says the Cause of Ex-angellna
Was Injured by the Newspaper
Hubbub—l,4oo Needy American*.
NEW YORK, Sept. B.—Consul General
Fitzhugh Lee, accompanied by his son,
Fitzhugh Lee, jr., arrived from Havana
on board the steamship Seguranca to-day.
The general said that he had been suffer
ing with biliousness for some tim’e past,
but he felt very much better after the s‘er..
trip. When asked as to whether he would
return to Cuba or not, the general shook
his head and said: “I cannot answer that,
and I would rather not talk on Cuban af
fairs until I make my rVport in Washing
ton.”
In speaking of the case of Evangelina
Cisneros, the general said: ‘‘The young
woman is nowcomined in Casa Rechohidas.
She has never been tried, and I do not
think that It was ever intended that she
should be banished. The stories of her ill
treatment are very much exaggerated, and
were it not for the hubbub which has been
raised about her the girl would probably
have been released long ago. In fact, I
was given to understand that her name
was on the pardon list. She has comfort
able quarters and is treated as well as pos
sible under the conditions.
•‘‘There is a good deal of suffering in Cu
ba, but the Americans, numbering about
1,400. are being cared for from the fund of
sef which was appropriated for that
" pflse. They receive relief daily and up
the present time about 515,000 has been
expended.”
"Is there any sign of business improving
or a change for the better in Cuba/" asked
the reporter.
"No, I am sorry to say there is not,” re
plied the general. “And there will be no
improvement until the war is ended.’.’
"When will that be?"
To this last question General Lee replied
in Spanish, a free translation of which is
"that is too much for me; I cannot say.”
General Lee and young Fitzhugh Lee
went to Wtest Point to-day to see his other
son, George M. Lee. who is at the Military
Academy there and to-moriow they will
leave for Washington.
Among the other passengers on board
were Robert L. Oliver, UniCed State® con
sul at Marlda, Mexico, and George W.
Fishback, of this city, who was said to
have been sent to Havana on business for
the United State® government. Mr. Fish
back said that his trip to Havana was
purely on private business. Mr. Fishback
said thtere was a great deal of suffering
all over Cuba and that the condition of the
people was even worse than when he was
there last as secretary to Commissioner
Calhoun, when the latter was investiga
ting the Ruiz cas’e. He saw Miss Cisneros
at the Casa Rechohidas, and said the re
ports regarding her treatment were great
ly exaggerated, and that the young wom
an was fairly well treated and did not
complain when he was sp’eaking to her.
Spaniards Fight a Duel.
HAVANA, via Key West., Fla., Sept. 8.
—lt is reported that the military com
mander at San Nicholas, province of
Havana, and the instructor of military
trials under Captain General Weyler,
fought a duel on account of the instructor’s
charging the military commander with
maladministration, with the result that the
military commander was wounded. It is
probable that the instructor will be sent
to Spain, as duels are prohibited between
military officers in active service.
Denied by Spain’s Premier.
MADRID, Sept. B.—lt is officially denied
that the premier, General Azcarraga, has
written to the leaders of the political parties
saying that the government at Havana
would prefer war with the United States to
the intervention of that country in the af
fairs of Cuba. It is also officially denied
that an attache of the Spanish legation at
Washington has drawn upon himself the
suspicion of espionage.
Train Derailed.
HAVANA, Sept. B.—A train having on
beard General Corral, who was on his way
to take command of a brigade, was acci
dentally derailed while on its way from
this city to Pinar del Rio. One railroad
employe was killed and nine passengers
and six members of the military escort
were more or lees severely injuieci.
GIRL FALLsToRTY FEET,
Tumbles Out of u Third-Story Window
and Is Not lnjnred.
COLUMBIA, Mo., Sept. B.—Miss Dale Al
len, of Phelps City, Mo., took an involun
tary dive through space last night, landed
on the ground and rose to her feet laughing
and without a scratch. While sitting in a
third-story window of Christian Female Col
lege she lost her balance and fell out of the
opening. Her body struck on a projecting
roof and, glancing like an arrow, landed on
the ground at least tlilrty feet from the
building and forty feet below the window
from whicli she fell. Her mother and sev
eral girls who were conversing with her
when she took the frightful plunge rushed
to her side, expecting to And a mangled
corpse, but she rose to her feet without aid
and declared smilingly that she was not in
the least injured. To-day she shows no evi
dence of the accident and is not even
bruised from her fall.
Indiana Obituary.
SOUTH BEND, Ind., Sept. B.—Philip C.
Kline, foreman for Studebaker Bros’. Man
ufacturing Company, died to-day. aged for
ty-two. He came here from Ashtabula. O,
Mrs. Mary Harris, an old and wealthy
citizen, died to-day. aged seventy-eight.
One son. F. De Witt Harris, of Denver,
Col., and three daughters, Mrs. C. H. My
ers. Mrs. W. A. Funk, Miss Sarah Harris,
of South Bend, survive.
Tobacco Company Fails.
* DETROIT, Sept. B.—The American Ea
gle Tobacco Company, successors to K. C.
Barker & Cos., assigned to-day without
preferences to the Union Trust Company.
The assets are $169,000; liabilities, $115,500.
There are no preferred creditors. The
gradual inroads of the Tobacco Trust is
given as the principal cause for failure.
The president, M. S. Smith, is the heaviest
creditor.
INDIANAPOLIS, THURSDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 9, 1897.
TWO TRAINS CRASH
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t
FRIGHTFUL ACCIDENT ON THE SAN
TA FE NEAR EMPORIA, KAN.
Collision Between the Fast Mail and
an Express While Running at
For ty Miles an Hour.
SCORE OF PEOPLE MANGLED
TEX OR ELEVEN PERSONS KNOWN
TO HAVE BEEN KILLED.
Two Postal Clerks Among the Dead,
and a Dozen or More Passen
gers Seriously Injured.
*
W. J. BRYAN IN THE WRECK
■ ♦
HE W AS NOT HURT, AND ASSISTED IN
THE W ORK OF RESCUE.
The Accident Caused by a Miscarriage
of Orders—One of the Cars Burned
and Others Splintered.
EMPORIA, Kan., Sept. B.—One of the
worst wrecks in the history of the Santa
Fe Railroad occurred three miles east of
here at about 7:30 o’clock to-night. Ten
or twelve persons were killed and as many
more were badly hurt. The known dead are:
JAMES BRENNAN, engineer, Topeka.
NATE HOLLISTER, fireman, Topeka.
WILLIAM FRISBEY, engineer.
GONZALES, fireman.
J. F. SAURS. express messenger, Kansas
City.
R. A. DORAN, postal clerk, Emporia, died
at 11 o'clock.
SHURLEY, fireman.
DANIEL M’KENNON, boy, Kansas City.
UNKNOWN MAN, tramp.
BEN WALTERS, fireman, of St. Joseph,
Mo., is missing.
Among the seriously Injured are:
CLAUDE HOLLIDAY, Lawrence, ex
press messenger, both legs broken.
D. C. ERTER, Kansas City, express mes
senger, legs broken, will die.
JOHN DAGAN, Topeka, face smashed.
J. T. BUTLER, county attorney Chase
county, hip broken, may die.
WILLIAM F. JONES, Kansas City, leg
and arms broke.
PHIL SCHIER, Kansas City, hip
crushed.
C. A. VANFLEIT, brakeman, Kansas
City, badly bruised.
WILLIAM PATRICK, Kansas City, leg
and arm broken.
C. D. ADAMS, City of Mexico, painfully
bruised.
MIKE SWEENEY, Gainesville, Tex.,
back hurt.
B. P. METIK, Atchison, badly bruised.
The fast mail train going east and the
Mexico and California express, west
bound, collided head on. The Mexico and
California express was pulled by two loco
motives, and when they struck the engine
drawing the fast mail the boilers of all
three engines exploded and tore a hole in
the ground so deep that the smoking car
of the west-bound train we.it in on top of
the three engines and two mail cars and
balanced there, without turning over. The
passengers in the smoking-car escaped
through the windows. The front end of this
car was enveloped in a volume of stifling
smoke and steam belchirfg up from the
wreck below, and the rear door was jammed
tight in the wreck of the car behind. The
wreck caught fire from the engines. The
cars in the hole and the smoking-car burned
to ashes in no time. In climbing out of the
smoking-car several men fell through the
rifts in the wreck below, and it is impos
sible to tell whether they escaped or were
burned to death. *
The west-bound train carried seven or
eight coaches, and its passengers included
many excursionists who had been to hear
Hon. W. J. Bryan at the county fair at
Burlingame. Mr. Bryan himself was on
the train, but was riding in the rear Pull
man, some four hundred feet from the
cars which were wrecked. He states that
nothing but a heavy jolt was experienced
by the passengers in his coach. Mr. Bryan
helped to carry out the dead and wounded.
One poor fellow who was badly maimed
called to Mr. Bryan and said: "I went to
hear you to-day; I am dying now, and want
to shake your hand and say God bless
you. If you possibly can, Mr. Bryan, get
me a drink of water.” Mr. Bryan went
into the fas£ mail car, one end of which
was burning, and came out with the
drink of water., which he gave to the suf
fering passenger. He brought out cushions
for others of the injured and was every
where .present to minister to the wants of
the suffering.
The engineer of the west-bound train had
received orders to meet the fast mail at
Emporia and was making up lost time.
These two are the fastest trains on the
Santa Fe system, and the west-bound train
must have been running at a speed of at
least forty miles an hour. The west-bound
express was going around a slight curve,
and met the fast mail probably within two
hundred feet. Os the seven or eight cars
making up the Mexico and California ex
press, only the mail, baggage and express
and smoking cars were destroyed. The
coach following this smoker was badly
splintered. There were not more than a
dozen passengers on the fast mall, all In
one coach, and while none of them were
seriously Injured, their shaking up was Ter
rible. Every set in the coach was torn
from the floor and many floor planks came
up with the seats. One man, John Sween
ey, was thrown over three seats and
through a window, but escaped with only
scratches and bruises. The other cars of
the fast mail, a baggage and an express,
wero wrecked.
First Reports Exaggerated.
EMPORIA, Kan., Sept. B.—At midnight it
became apparent that the earlier estimates
of the number of dead wero exaggerated,
and it is now apparent that the number of
dead will not exceed ten or eleven. During
the excitement early in the*evening it was
reported that nearly all of the six postal
clerks on the two trains were killed or miss
ing. Two of the clerks were killed. All of
the others, save one, are more or less seri
ously injured. The mail clerks who are hurt
are W. F. Jones, R. O. McGee and Claude
Holliday. The latter may die, as both his
legs are broken and he is otherwise badly
hurt. Clerk E. C. Fletcher escaped serious
Injury. The dead were brought to Emporia.
At midnight a special train left Emporia,
bearing seventeen of tl.e Injured to Topeka,
where they will be cared for in the railroad
hospitals.
It is stated that the wreck was caused
by a miscarriage of orders from the train-,
master. At Emporia the east-bound fast
mail train receiver ord'ers to pass the Cal
ifornia express at Lang, seven miles east.
Another order was sent to Lang for the
California express to take the siding there,
but this order was not d’elivered, and the
west-bound train passed on, the trainmen
expecting to pass the fast mall at Empo
ria. • '
SHOOK MANY HANDS.
Public Reception by President McKin
ley at Somerset, Pa.
SOMERSET, Pa., Sept. B.—The streets of
this town were thronged to-night with peo
ple, one thousand of whom were visitors
from different parts of the country, the oc
casion being the public reception by Pres
ident McKinley, held at the Endsley resi
dence, where the President and Mrs. Mc-
Kinley are .visitors. The reception began
at 7:30 o’clock, and for two hours a line of
visitors passed through the house, each
grasping the President's hand. In the par
lor sat the President's wife, Mr. and Mrs.
Abner McKinley, Dr. and Mrs. Endsley,
Miss Mabel McKinley, the Misses Kitty
and Ella Endsley and Mr. and Mrs. P. A.
Schnell.
The President this morning announced
his determination to remain here till Mon
day, and this afternoon declined an invita
tion from a delegation of prominent citi
zens of Johnstown, headed by the mayor,
who invited him to visit the flood city be
fore gdlng home.
ATTEMPTED ROBBERY.
Bandits Pile Ties ou the Track and
Fire on a Train.
LATIIROP, Cal., Sept. B.—The Southern
Paciiic express train, No. 17, from San
Francisco to Los Angeles, was held up at a
switch near Morrano at 9 o’clock this even
ing. Elaborate preparations had been made
by the train robbers, who piled ties across
the track and had set the pile on lire. As
the train slowed up, the robbers, who were
standing beside a fence near the track,
tired live shots at the train. A tramp riding
on top of the baggage car was tne only
person wounded. Two deputy sheriffs, who
happened to be on the train, tried to return
the lire, but the robbers, becoming fright
ened, ran across the fields in the direction
of the San Joaquin river, without making
any further attempt to loot the train.
OHIO GOLD DEMOCRATS.
They Decide to Pat Up a Ticket, and
Will Make Nomination* To-Day.
COLUMBUS, 0.. Sept. B.—Quito a num
ber of the delegates to the state conven
tion of the National Democratic party ar
rived in the city this afternoon, and about
fifty were present at the preliminary con
ference held at the Neil House to-night.
S. 11. Holding, of Cleveland, presided at the
conference, which was held behind closed
doors. The committee on nomination of the
state ticket decided that a ticket should
be placed In the field, there being only one
dissenting vote on the committee. Hon.
John H. Clark, of Youngstown, has posi
tively refused to be a candidate for Gov
ernor on the ticket, and the place now lies
between A. E. Merrill, of Sandusky, and
Judge Thomas A. Beers, of Bucyrus. The
committee on resolutions was in session un
til a late hour, and its deliberations were
carefully guarded. It is understood the res
olutions will reaffirm the Indianapolis plat
form, favor the nomination of a candi
date for United States senator and advise
the nomination of legislative tickets in
Cuyahoga, Lucas, Hamilton and all other
counties where such nominations shall be
deemed advisable. The convention will
meet in the morning at 10 o’clock, and It
is expected that fully 150 delegates will be
in attendance when the convention is called
to order. Judge Thomas Beers, of Bucyrus,
will be the temporary chairman and Max
May, of Cincinnati, the temporary secretary
of the convention. The organization will
probably he made permanent'. Ex-Con
gressman W. D. Bynum will make an ad
dress, which is expected to sound the key
note of the campaign. Letters will also
be read from ex-Secretary of the Treas
ury John G. Carlisle and Hon. Henry Wat
terson. Out of respect to the authors the
central committee refused to make these
letters public until they are read to the
convention.
Mnssa ell u Mettz Prohibitionists.
BOSTON, Sept. B.—The twenty-seventh
annual convention of the Massachusetts
Prohibition party w*as held in the Young
Men’s Christian Association Hall to-day.
The Rev. B. C. Oates, of Beverly, was per
manent chairman. The platform condemns
both of the old parties of the State, both
containing, as asserted “within their ranks
a large saloon element, and both for the
sake of political ascendency, or the greed
of office, are cowardly subservient to the
saloon parties. Such parties,” the resolu
tion continues, "are not only powerless to
remove the evils we deplore but a vote
given to them implies an indorsement of
the license policy and Involves a political
alliance with rum sellers, distillers and
brewers, of which these parties are in a
measure composed; an alliance which fur
nishes to every true and consistent friend
of prohibition ample reason for a separate
political organization.”
The following ticket for state officers was
chosen by the convention: Governor, Prof.
J. Bascom. of Williamstown; lieutenant
governor. Willard O. Wylie, of Beverley;
secretary* of state, Edwin Saw telle, or
Brockton; treasurer, Robert C. Habberly,
of Hyde Park; auditor, Herbert M. Small,
of Templeton; attorney general, Wolcott
Hamlin, of Amherst.
Raines Excise Law Denounced.
SYRACUSE. N. Y„ Sent. 8.-The Prohibi
tion State convention concluded its labors
to-day by nominating Francis E. Baldwin,
of Elmira, for chief Judge of the Court of
Appeals. The platform presented one issue
of abolition of the liquor traffic and de
nounced the Raines excise law and secular
amusements on Sundays. A plank declar
ing for woman suffrage was voted down.
Judge Goodwin'* Death.
MARYVILLE. Kan.. Sept. B.—The Ma
sonic Lodge of this city, of which Probate
Judge J. G. Goodwin was a member, have
ordered an investigation into his death at
Cleveland, 0., last Sunday. They assert
that Judge Goodwin, while en route home
from the Buffalo G. A. R. encampm’ent
stopped off at. Cleveland, and becoming un
conscious. was placed in a cell for twenty
four hours without medical attendance.
His remains reached home to-day.
Died When the LlK'htM Went Ont.
OSWEGO, N. Y.. Sept. B.—Jesse A. Hath
away. a prominent lawyer, attended a
prayer meeting at Grace Presbyterian
Church to-night. Just as he arose to pray
the electric lights in the church went . t
owing to an accident in the powerhouse.
Mr. Hathaway fell to the floor at the same
time and when lights were obtained it was
found that he was dead, of apoplexy.
Good Playing l>y JKerUiiu.
NEW YORK. Sept. 9.—The third night of
the billiard tournament at Maurice Daly's
witnessed brilliant playing by Hugo Ker
kau, w'ho made 2,jU2. making a total of
2,814. His opponent Edward McLaughlin,
scored 1,000 points, making a total of 3,000
points. The game was not finished until
after 2 o’clock this (Thursday) morning.
RESTS WITH INDIANA
SETTLEMENT OP THE MINERS’
STRIKE DEPENDS ON HOOSIERS.
If the DelesratM from Thin State Vote
Agninst the Columbus Agreement
the Strike Will Go On.
NOTHING DONE YESTERDAY
EXCEPT TO FIX REPRESENTATION IN
THE CONVENTION.
Majority of the Delegate* Now at Co
lumbus Seemingly Opposed to Ac
cepting the 65-Cent Rate.
COLUMBUS, 0., Sept. B.—'The interstate
miners’ convention adjourned this evening'
without having taken a vote on the ques
tion of accepting or rejecting the settle
ment of the strike. The prospects for the
acceptance of the 65-cent proposition afib
somewhat doubtful; in fact, a canvas of
the situation shows a majority of the
votes, unless some changes should be
brought about, will be cast against it. The
greater part of the afternoon session of
the convention was secret, the delegates
listening to speeches from National Presi
dent Ratchford and State Presidents
Firms, of Ohio; Knight, of Indiana; Car
son, of Illinois, and Dolan, of Pittsburg.
All of the officers, with the exception of
Mr. Carson, argued in favor of the accept
ance of the Pittsburg operators’ proposi
tion. They told the delegates very plainly
that if the proposition was rejected the
strike would fall utterly; that the contest
could not be continued, as all resources
had been exhausted. They advised that,
irasmuch as the strike had been precipi
tated In the Pittsburg district, it was very
prop'er that it should be settled.
President Carson, of Illinois, told the del
egates just as plainly why he could no*t
support the proposition for a settlement.
He said the Illinois miners were practically
ignored by it. The operators of his Statta
had notified him that they would not abid'e
by another settlement made with the Pitts
burg operators. In many of the Illinois
districts, moreover, the miners had signed
ironclad contracts which run until next
May. Should the Pittsburg, Ohio and In
diana miners reeunm operation, the Illinois
operators would bo compelled to open their
mines also and the only resource the min
ers of the State would have would be a lo
cal strike, for which thvy were unprepared.
The best they could do would be to accept
the operators’ terms and that would even
tually force a reduction again in the other
States.
The most important action of the con
vention to-day was in determining the ba
sis of representation. Some of the dele
gate® wanted a rule that no delegate should
cast more than six votes. This, if adopted,
it is claimed, would have settled the. ques
tion of the acceptance of the strike settle
ment very quickly. It was the sentiment
of the convention, however, that represent
ation should be fixed so that all miners
should have a voice in the settlement. Ac
cordingly, it was decided that one vote
should be cast for every one hundred min
ers represented- This makes the votes, to
be cast by each State about as follows-
Western Pennsylvania, 230; Ohio, 280; West
Virginia, 110; Indiana, 60; Illinois, 200. The
Illinois vote, which will be cast against the
acceptance of the operators’ proposition,
will about offset the vote of western. Penn
sylvania (Pittsburg district.) The vote of
Ohio is about equally divided on the propo
sition; also the West Virginia. This prac v
tically leaves the balance of power In the
hands of the Indiana delegates Should
they vote with Illinois, which some of the
delegates say they have instructions to do
by inference, if not by direct language, the
proposed settlement will undoubtedly be de
feated, The Indiana delegates say they are
instructed not to vote in favor of the op
erators’ proposition unless a general settle
ment will be effected by It. In view of the
position of the Illinois miners, they do not
see their way clear to vote to accept the
proposition.
It develops to-night that the vote of the
Pittsburg district will not be unanimous In
favor of accepting the settlement, as some
of the delegates have stated openly they
would not vote for It. The leaders of the
miners are doing some quiet missionary
work to-night and have hopes that they
will be able to turn the tide in favor of a
settlement. To-morrow the members of the
national executive board will be heard by
the convention, and as they strongly In
dorse the settlement, their views may have
considerable weight with the delegates. The
convention is one of the largest delegate
gatherings the miners have ever had, there
being ISO delegates on the ground and more
expected to arrive during the night and
morning.
WILL NOT SURRENDER.
Strikers Will Continue the Fight
Against the De Armitts.
PITTSBURG, Pa., Sept. B.—The fight of
the miners against the New York and
Cleveland Gas Coal Company Is to be
waged to the bitter end. If the strike is
declared off in the rest of the district at the
Columbus convenion it will still be kept up
at the De Armitt mines. A secret confer
ence between the leaders of the miners and
the camp leaders has been held and a plan
outlined for the continuance of the fight.
This plan took definite shape, and will be
presented to the Columbus conference,
where its adoption is almost a foregone
conclusion. The idea is to wage a national
fight against this company. The miners of
the Pittsburg district, it is argued, cannot
hope to maintain a mining rate or 65 cents a
ton for any length of time if the mines of
the New York and Cleveland Gas Coal Cos.
are to be allowed to work at a rate qf
54 cents a ton. This would give the
latter company an undue advantage over ah
the rest in the matter of selling their coal,
and it would not be long until the other
operators would begin to ask their men to
bring down their price. Consequently, the
strikers argue, it behooves the miners of
the Pittsburg district especially to see that
the De Armitt mines are kept idle until
such time as the company sees fit to give
its men the same price for their work as
the other operators. The plan which was
formulated at the secret conference is that
a national fund shall be established to curry
on the fight. It is proposed tc pay the men
at the De Armitt mines who remain out on
strike a certain amount of monev which
will be sufficient to prevent them from go
ing back.
It is expected that all competitive fields
will be brought into this arrangement and
that the scheme will be successfully carrieu
out. __
In Destitute Condition.
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn., Sept. Repre
sentatives of the striking miners in upper
East Tennessee are in Chattanooga beg
ging for aid for their brethren. The men
asking for assistance say that the condi
tion of the strikers and their families at
stations along the Cincinnati Southern
road io East. Tennessee and southern Ken
tucky is indeed pitiable. They declare that
PRICE 3 CENTS.
hundreds of families are without food and
decent clothing and that men, women and
children are suffering for the necessities
of existence. They say there is no prospect
of a settlement of the strike, whioia has .
been going on since May 1, the strikers,
they declare, beinif willing to suffer hunger
and privation rather than work for the low
scale of wages offered by the operators.
Funds for Miners’ Relief.
Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
MUNCIE, Inti., Sept. S.—At a meeting of
the committee, headed by Mayor Cromer,
to collect funds for the striking miners to
night, another 3100 was reported as
having been collected to-day, making a
total amount of 1633.35, which has been for
warded to headquarters- In Indianapolis, or
will be after the collections of to-day have
been remitted.
DROWNED IN THE COCKPIT.
Lives of Six Young Men Lost by the
Capsizing of a Yacht.
DETROIT, Mich., Sept. B.—Six young men
were drowned in a yacht near Windmill
point, in Lake St. Clair, lalo this after
noon. The-dead, are:
THOMAS FRITZ.
Hi GERTEIS.
GRANT MURRAY.
THOMAS NEWSOME.
CHARLES RICE.
JAY TANBEY.
A party of ten charteied the yacht
Blanche B. and went up the lake on a sail.
When near the mouth of Fox creek and
nearly off Windmill point, three of the
party climbed out on the boom and com*
menced to rock the craft, which, being
heavily ballasted, lurched over and cap
sized, going to the bottom. Six men who
were in the cockpit were drowhed. The
three youngsters who caused the disaster
and one other w ere saved by a boat which
pulled out from shore. The survivors tell
an incoherent story. All agreed that the
disaster w as caused by their foolish action
in'rocking the craft.
SCHEME Of'hAWAIIANS
ANTI-ANNEXATIONISTS PLANNING TO
INFLUENCE AMERICANS.
♦— •
Mass Meeting; for the Benefit of United
States Senators NVho Will Soon
Visit Honolulu.
HONOLULU, .Aug. 31, via Victoria, B. G,
Sept. B.—The annexationists are very much
w-orried over the discovery of an alleged at
tempt on the part of tho anti-annexatlon
ists to influence Senators Morgan and
Quay, who are expected to arrive here soon
on a tour of investigation. They say that
Senators .White, of California, and Thurs
ton, of Nebraska, w-ho will lead the fight
against annexation in Congress this winter,
will also visit Hawaii and attend the mass
meeting of the natives, which, it is alleged
by the annexationists, has been called , for
the purpose of convincing the senators
that the natives bitterly oppose annexation.
It is stated that Senators White and Thurs
ton will superintend the drafting of a mon
ster petition to Congress in which the Ha
waiians will assert that the-government
was torn from them through the action of
American Minister Stevens. It is also al
leged that the mass meeting will be con
ducted entirely by Hawaiians and will be
made as dramatic as possible. The idea is
to work upon the sympathies of Senator
Morgan and persude him, if possible, that
the natives have been deprived of lands and
power by a handful of rich and powerful
v/hites, backed by a treacherous American
minister. It is believed that the ex-Queen
may arrive on the same steamer as the
senators, and that she will address the
people at the mass meetings.
The second ceri of the anti-annexation
ists will be played on the arrivel here, lade
In September, of Senator Pettigrew, of
3outh Dakota: Lee Mantle, of Montana,
and Frank Cannon, of Utah. They are now
in Japan and China, studying the silver
question. Before they sailed on the Em
press from Victoria, B. C., they secured re
turn passage by the Pacific mail steamer
Doric, due hejre from Yokohama on Sept.
24, and announced their intention of re
maining over a week in this city to study
the annexation question.
The ambition of the North German Lloyd
Steamship Company people is to extend
their lines on all waters, and they will,
sooner or later, make a bid for Honolulu
business. Already the company has issued
a large number of charts and maps, which
have been distributed freely about the city,
containing the proposed routed from
Yokohama to Sun 1 Francisco via
Honolulu, Australia to San Fran
cisco and from Yokohama to
Victoria, B. C. Some of the company’s big
steamers now traversing the Atlantic hnve
been found too slow for the service on that
ocean. Boats are now being built which
will make twenty-three knots an hour. The
North German Lloyd Company people are
equipping tho Atlantic service entirely with
these fast boats. The slower boats, ca
pable of going from fifteen to seventeen
knots an hour, it is said, will be brought to
the Pacific ocean to establish the Austra
lian-Victoria-Honolulu and San Francisco
routes.
Tho Supreme Court has decided that the
income-tax law- passed by the last session
of the Hawaiian Legislature is unconsti
tutional.
Alvin R. Havkins, a young man from
jalesvllle, Tex., died in this city yesterday
morning from blood poisoning. The de
ceased was a nephew of the Governor of
Tennessee
The United States steamer Marlon left
for Mare island on the 27th.
President Dole has issued a proclamation
calling the Senate to meet in special ses
sion on Sept. 8. instead of the 14th, as
previously announced In an Associated
Press dispatch. After the annexation treaty
is ratified the Senate will adjourn until the
regular session.
An attempt to bring negro laborers to this
country has failed. The matter was re
ferred to some Southern senators for an
opinion. A telegram brought here on the
26th by the steamer knocks the scheme in
the head. The Southerners, including Sen
ator Morgan, object to any attempt to take
their labor from them.
NEGRESS PRACTICING LAW.
First Woman In the South to He Ad
mitted to the liar.
MEMPHIS, Tenn., Sept B.—Lutie A. Lyt
tle, a twenty-three-year-old negress, with
a bright, round face and an intelligent eye,
entered the Crin inal Court room this morn
ing and presented her duly authenticated
claims to the privilege of practicing the
law in the courts of Tennessee. She was
admitted to the bar without a question.
She is tho first representative of her sex
of any color to be admitted to the bar in
Tennessee. She is the only colored woman
in the South licensed to practice law-, and
it is said she. is the only colored w-otnan in
the United States who is a member of the
bar.
Cattle from Two State* Barred.
SPRINGFIELD, 111., Sept. B.—Pursuant to
the request of the state board of live stock
commissioners the Governor to-day issued
a proclamation prohibiting the importation
of any cattle from Tennessee and Arkansas
into Illinois except In accordance with the
regulations prescribed by the board for the
handling of Southern cattle. This proclama
tion i.t an amendment to tho proclamation
of th- Governor issued April 8, 1897, end sim
ply enlarges the Texas fever district by in
cluding the States mentioned. This action
was made necessary by tho fact that recent
ly large shipments of cattle billed north of
the Southern fever line were found to be
infested with Texas fever ticks, and several
outbreaks of Texas fever have occurred in
the State, due to exposure to such ship
ments.
Emma Golden Ordered to Leave.
PROVIDENCE, *R. 1.. Sept. B.—The po
lice to-day ordered Emma Golden, the An
archist agitator, to leave Providence
within twenty-four hours or get three
months in prison, and she accepted the
first proposition. She was arrested last
night for collecting a crowd and refusing
to move on when told to do so by an offi
cer.
I AT RAILWAY NEWS STANDS, ON
1 TRAINS AND SUNDAYS 6 CENTS.
STOPPED BY POLICE
“KID” M'COY AND TOMMY RYAN NOT
PERMITTED TO FINISH.
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Officer* Jumped Into 41e Ring nt Close
of the Fifth Round, and the Fight
Yin* Declared a Draw.
RYAN DID THE MOST CHASING
AND IS ALLEGED TO HAVE HAD TUB
BETTER OF THE “MILL.”
The Indiunapoll* Hoy Ready to Try
It Again—A “Put-Up Joh”—Haley
Bested by the Kill’* Brother.
SYRACUSE. N. Y„ Sept. B.—Police inter
ference put an end to the Tommy Ryan-Kid
McCoy tight in the fifth round hero to
night, when Ryan was doing the majority
of tho work and chasing McCoy ail over the
ring, inflicting a series ol Wicked inside up
per cuts. Althtuigh by no means going. Mc-
Coy was having the worst of the contest
when Inspector O’Brien rang the gong and
Referee George Siler, of Chicago, sent the
men to their corners and announced the
bout a draw. McCoy played a lively tattoo
on Ryan's jaw r with his left in the first two
rounds, but after that “Tommy” resorted
to infighting and did much better at this
method.
George Slier said to a press representative
after tho row had subsided: “Ryan had
the better of the last round, but there was
only one decision possible under the cir
cumstances and I gave it. There W'as no
necessity of police Interference, as both men
were strong enough to continue the fight."
Ryan said: • “I had McCoy whipped as
sure as preaching. I started him with a
series of inside upper cuts, and I would
have finished him before many rounds were
over. The cut which you see over my right
eye was caused by McCoy’s elbow, and was
unquestionably a foul blow. I stand ready
to meet tho •‘Kid” again at any time and
at any weight. He can weigh 185 pounds If
he chooses to do so, and I will whip him
without tho shadow’ of a doubt.”
MoCoy said: "I was not hurt in tha
least. In the last round 1 was just let
ting Ryan wear himself out and then I
would have started in to finish him. As for
the cut over his eye, if he got it it was his
own fault for not looking after himself. I
w’lll fight him again If he wants another
chance.”
“Nat” Fenton, McCoy’s hacker, created a
scene by jumping Into the ring and shout
ing that the thing had been fixed. "This
man,” ha said, pointing to Police Inspector
O’Brien, “knew’ at 6 o'clock that he was
gojng to stop the fight, and I knew it, too.”
There was a scene of the greatest confu
sion, and, had not a strong force of police
men been on hand, trouble would have en
sued.
There were 3,500 people In the rink, with
McCoy a strong favorite in the betting, and
many of them thought that they had beer*
bunkoed, and did not hesitate to expreog
their feelings. The betting at the ringside
was ten to seven in favor of McCoy, the
McCoy contingent refusing to come down
to the odds wanted by the Ryan men of
two to one. The gong sounded at 10:06.
Round I.—The Kid landed a left on tha
Jaw. Ryan slapped In his right on tho
chest and pushed tho Kid away in the
clinch. They fiddled, und McCoy sent hie
left to the cheat. McCoy uppercut with
his right, after a clinch, landing on tha
jaw. Ryan swung for the head, but went
over. McCoy poked bis right into Ryan’s
wind. Ryan blocked a left swing for tho
body as tho round closed.
Round 2.—McCoy rushed in and swung a
left on the body. Ryan ducked a left swing
and clinched. He then got under McCoy's
left swing and lifted him from his feet.
The Kid poked a left, which was blocked.
There were cries of “foul” as McCoy hit
in a clinch. Ryan i*>ked a left on the face
hard. McCoy rushed Ryan to the ropes
and swung two hard lefts on the body. Ry
an reached the body with a right as the
gong sounded.
Round 3.—Ryan fell short with a left lead.
1 hey clinched and exchanged lefts on the
'’body. Ryan’s right eye was bleeding from
a jab. McCoy rushed and Ryan fell to his
knees, McCoy going over him. Both men
laughed aa they got up. Ryan sent a light
left to the face. The Kid then sent a left
to the face. Next they exchanged hard
lefts on the jaw. Ryan poked a left to
the face. Ryan poked a right to the wind
twice as the round closed, and his adher
ents cheered.
Round 4.—Ryan landed a left on the face
and McCoy came back w’ith a swinging left
to the face. McCoy swings right and left
to the face and Ryan slipped in a rush.
McCoy let his right go before he could con
trol it, and thero were cries of foul,
but not allowed. Ryan poked a left to tha
face and‘got a nasty one in the same plaea
in return and another on the wind, liyani
rushed and they exchanged rights on the
face. McCoy jabbed a light left to the face
and Ryan rushed twice and sent his man to
the ropes with great punches. The crowd;
cheered wildly.
Round s.—Ryan ducked a left lead and
rushed, tripping to the ground. Then they
mixed matters up In the midst of the ring
without much damage. Ryan sent a right
to the lel[t of the jaw, and as they broke
away Ryan upper cut with the left hard on
the face. They clinched twice with no
damage. Then Ryan swung his right to
the jaw. The police stopped the fight and
it was declared a draw.
Tho preliminary to the Ryan-McCoy
fight, between Homer Selby (Kid McCoy’a
brother) and Patsy Haley, was very short,
lasting but three rounds. Selby had the
better of It all through the fight, he doing!
all the leading and knocked Haley down
repeatedly. Haley was down for eight sec
onds in the third round, and when he got
up Selby was so much In evidence that they
were sent to their corners by Refereo
Brooks and the decision given to Belby.
McCoy nntl Creedon to Fig'lit.
SYRACUSE, N. Y., Sept. B.—Early this
evening Kid McCoy and Dan Creedon
signed articles drawn up by Sam Austin,
of New York, culling for a fight between
the two men. The 31,000 each posted by
Creedon and McCoy with A1 Smith Is to ha
forfeited if either man refuses to accept)
the largest purse offered within five weeks.
The articles are so drawn that they call for
no particular number of rounds, and tha
fight may be to a finish or a limited-round
contest.
SCHOOL CHILDREN STRIKE.
(|nit When Tfcelr Teneher 1* Removed
aud Another Substituted.
FORT SCOTT, Kan., Sept. B.—ln an In
junction suit filed here yesterday to re
strain Miss Lane, a young school teacher,
from teaching in the room assigned to her
by the board, it is charged that two young
women, daughters of A. M. Jones, a prom
inent resident, voted before they were of
age, and that their illegal votes elected tha
board that employed Miss Lane by a ma
jority of two, thereby making it an illegal
body. The sheriff served the Injunction
and Miss Lane left the schoolroom. When
a teacher employed by the opposition fac
tion undertook to teach, however, the
scholars all left the room and it w as oloaedL
Tno Children Burned.
RICHMOND. Va., Sept. 8.-At Fair,
mount, a suburb of tljls city, a little d&ugn
ter and son of Joseph Creter perished b>
the burning of an outbuilding in whtcH
they w ere at play.