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Cloudy Tonight and Thursday.
BUTTE, MONTANA. WEDNESDAY EVENING. JULY 31. 1901.
Slightly Cooler Weather.
PRir /.VE CENTS
SETTLEMENT OF STRIKE
DELAYED FOR A TIME
YOUNGER MEMBERS OF THE AMALGAMATED ASSOCIATION IN
SIST UPON HOLDING OUT FOR BETTER TERMS THAN
THOSE ALREADY OFFERED.
CONFERENCE BEING HELD THIS AFTERNOON MAY, IT IS BE
LIEVED, BRING ALL TROUBLE TO AN END BEFORE DAY
LIGHT COMES TOMORROW
(By Associated Press.)
P ITTSBURG, July 31.—The outcome
of the deliberations of the ex
ecutive board of the Amalga
mated Association of Iron and Steel
workers upon the propositions of the
United States Steel Corporation officials
for the settlement of the strike is still
hanging in the balance.
While nothing definite was accomp
lished yesterday, the more sanguine ele
ment seems to be still in the majority
and better news is hoped for this even
ing.
From what could be learned In spite of
the secrecy maintained the older and
more conservative members were willing
to accede to the propositions made to
them by the other side, but the younger
ones displayed a spirit of greater inde
pendence and a reliance upon the power
of the organization to force better terms
than those submitted to them.
Newspaper men were refused admit
tance this morning to the Bisell block, in
which the Amalgamated Association
meets. This made it difficult to obtain
MARKED FOR DEATH
Queen Dowager oï Portugal Has Nar
row Escape Prom Assassination
at Aix le Baines.
Details of the Attack Upon Her
Majesty Kept From the Public
by the Police.
(By Associated Press.)
Alx Le Baines, July 31.—Maria Pi a,
queen dowager of Portugal, mother of
the present King Carlos, has had a nar
row escape from assassination.
Her majesty was taking the baths here,
but was so-perturbed by the attack on
her that she left Alx for Rome. Details
of the attempted assassination are not
obtainable at present.
The police are said to have a clew.
News of the affair Is only beginning to
spread among the visitors.
It Is causing a deep sensation, for the
queen dowager was known personally to
a considerable number of people.
She waB democratic in her demeanor,
chatting freely with her fellow bathers.
Anarchist Under Arrest.
(By Associated Press.)
Zurich, Bwltserland, July 31.—An an
archist named Galliottl was arrested at
Vlealkon last night by order of the
prosecutor general on Information re
ceived from Paterson, N. J. Many docu
ments were found at his lodgings.
Former Foe Comes to the Defense of Schley
(By Associated Press.)
New Tork, July 31.—The Madrid rep
resentative of a New York paper has
obtained an interview from Captain Diaz
Moreu, who commanded the Cristobal
Colon during the naval conflict off San
tiago. Says Captain Moreu in reference
to the movements of Admiral Schley:
"All the American officers, Without ex
ception, did their duty in the naval battle
of Santiago. It is absurd and unpatriotic
to make any exception in the case of
Admiral Schley.
"The Brooklyn was in the thickest of
the fight throughout. She was at the
mouth of the harbor when we tried to
pass out, and engaged us in a terrific
fire, doing frightful damage In the end
SWINDLERS POSING AS PRINCES
MEMBERS OF A PARISIAN GANG USE MARKED CARDS TO FLEECE
THEIR MANY VICTIMS.
(By Associated Press.)
P ARIS, July 31.—Details concerning
a party of swindlers here who won
huge sums at cards and on the race
track, owned a fine yacht and lived at
fashionable clubs, make interesting read
ing.
The Figaro gives full particulars under
the title "A page from G&boriau."
A brother of a prominent Abyssinian
explorer, who called himself Comte De
Ir— was In reality not a count. The only
title he possesses is "Dedjas." Another
,of the gang, born in Russia, the Baron
De C-, calls himself an aide de camp
of Menelik. The third, styled the Prince
p e y -says he was made a prince
by Negus. The French nobility was rep
resented by Baron De L-. There was
•Iso a Pole, M De K-, who has been
expelled from all the gambling halls of
Paris.
The banker of the gang was a Belgian,
M. De M-, a director, who had an
elaborate office in the Opera quarter and
apartments on the Champs Elysee.
The favorite plan of the swindlers was
to use marked cards. They would enter
tain their dupes at fashionable restau
rants. When their victims were with
out money they were made to sign bills.
Prince De M- often gave parties
la one or the other of his apartments In
any definite information, and all sorts
of rumors were circulated.
Shortly before 11 o'clock a number of
the vice presidents arrived. President
Shaffer arrived at 11:10 and went at
once to the conference room.
At noon the members of the executive
board left the building for lunch. Pres
ident Shaffer said there was a meting
this morning and that there would be
another this afternoon. It is reported
that Shaffer is now in conference with
the manufacturera at the Hotel Lincoln.
Secretary Williams' absence from the
headquarters gives color to the rumor
that he has left .he city to meet some
of the officers of the steel combination,
to secure, if possible, a modification of
the proposition made by the representa
tives of the combination at the confer
ence on Saturday.
B. I. Davis, one of the national offi
cers, said he did not believe it would be
possible to give out any definite in for
mation on the situation for two days at
least. He said the matters before the
board are of such importance that great
secrecy is necessary.
BRITONS AR E BADL Y WORRIED
Irish Members oi the House of Com
mons Make All Kinds of
Trouble.
(By Associated Press.)
London. July 31.—The action of the
Irish members is bringing forth the
question of privilege, which is occupying
the attention of parliament, has caused
annoyance to most English people, as
the nationalists never conceal their con
tempt for the honor of the British house
of commons.
The three Irish members of parliament,
who have been suspended this week have
undergone the penalty for the first time
this season.
They were not among the number who
were suspended at the sitting when the
police were called in some time ago.
KANSAS CYCLONE
WRECKS BUILDINGS
(By Associated Press.)
Topeka, Kan., July 31.—A tornado at
Kilmer, 10 miles east, did much damage
last night. Several buildings were un
roofed and windmills destroyed, and a
farmer's buggy was carried through the
air 200 yards and landed upside down on
a wire fence. People in the path of the
storm fled to their cellars and caves and
escaped injury.
in the pursuit of the Colon.
"We surrendered to the Brooklyn 45
miles west of Santiago. The Brooklyn
landed a shell just ahead of my ship,
and, with the Oregon helping her, there
was nothing left for me to do but run
ashore.
"I should say that Schley was not only
brave but very competent, as is Samp
son, whom I know personally. I don't
know Schley.
"Schley directed that our officers re
tain their personal effects. A coward is
never generous. The suggestion of
cowardice probably comes from cowards.
"I have .read ln El Mundo Naval that
this attack upon an honorable naval
officer has a low political basis. The
navy should be left outside of politics.''
the Rue Vignon, or the Avenue D'Lena.
The gang had also founded in the
Madeline quarter a pretended Insurance
company. In the offices of which gam
bling went on.
Among the young men of good family
who have been heard by M. Bourroul
ion, the investigating magistrate in
•harge of the case, are Prince Karage
orgevltch, who lost 80,000 francs, $16,000;
Prince Baryatinsky, who lost 60,000
francs, $12,000; M. Roussanoff, who was
relieved of 65,000 francs, $13,000; M. Cahen
D'Anvers, who lost 17,000 francs, $3,400;
and a Belgian, M. Vanackerbrauck, who
lost 170,000 francs, $34,000.
In the summer season the gang made
a tour of the fashionable watering
places and at the end of the season
shared their profits. Some of the swind
lers who escaped are even now sup
posed to be cruising at present off the
coast of Holland.
Prince Karageorgevltch Is of the fam
ily which are rivals to the Obrenovitch
dynasty on the throne of the Balkan
kings. Prince Baryatinsky belongs to
one of the best known houses of Russia,
while M. Cahen D'Anvers is believed to
be a younger member of the well known
family whose head, Baron Cahen D'An
vers, was killed recently In an automo
bile accident.
UNIQUE PROGRAMME FOR LABOR'S
ANNUAL CELEBRATION IN BUTTE
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Plans
For
Labor
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From
All
Over
The
State
Will
Gather
Here
Daniel McDonald, President
of the Affiliated Labor Unions.
F THE PLANS now under way Ï&
the hands of the members of the
' committees selected by the various
labor organizations of the city of Butte j
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in this city will be one of the greatest !
events that has ever taken place in the
state of Montana. -
A committee from Silver Bow Trades
and Labor assembly and one from the \
Building Trades council has been en
gaged on the programme of the day for
the last few days, and a portion of the
plans have been decided upon at th-.s
time.
The committees in charge of the Labor
Day celebration are as follows:
Silver Bow Trades and Labor Assem
bly—Messrs. Dee, Partelow, Moran, Dale,
Kearns, Stratton and Cunningham.
Building Trades Council—Messrs. J. W.
Maloney, Michael Corbett, W. J. Mel
vin, P. M. Borso and John Malone.
The men into whose hands the work
of preparing a celebration for Labor Day I
has been given have worked in secret, !
taking no one into their confidence and !
giving no news of their plans to the out
sid$ world. This is the usual way the |
programme is prepared by the commit- |
tees. i
The day upon which the news is to be 1
given out has not yet been decided upon', j
but enough has been learned to enable |
the public to anticipate the announce- j
ment of the committee and rejoice over 1
the plans that have been made for the
celebration of the annual festivity of .
labor in the city of Butte.
The celebration will be held in Butte
—that much is settled. And, more than
this, the entire state of Montana will be
bidden to come in to take part in the
great event which will be ushered in
when day dawns on September 2. Plans
have been laid for excursion trains from 1
every section of the rtate where a labor
organization has its headquarters, and !
Butte will be crowded with visitors who 1
have come to look at the pageantry dis
played by the workingmen of the great- :
est mining camp on earth.
The news of the plans of the com
mittees was learned through the rail
road offices, where conferences have been
held for the past several days conce 'n
ing the excursion trains from the vari
ous sections of Montana. It is tfesired
that a train come from Missoula and the
western part of the state, another from
Dillon and Lima, and one from the
northern section, bringing visitors from
Helena and Great Falls.
Still another train or two will be rut»
from the eastern part of Montana,
bringing the members of labor organiza
tions from Livingston, Billings and Red
Lodge. It will be a union of forces from
all over the state, and a combined effort
will be made to make this year's Labor
Day one of the greatest occasions ever j
kpown in the history of the city of j
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The committee in charge of the cele
Combine of Cotton Growers
(By Associated Press.) ,
Boston, July 31.— George F. Washburns !
of this city, president of the Common- |
wealth club of Massachusetts, has sailed I
for Europe on a mission to inquire into
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the co-operative methods of vaciotl* ,
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bodies in England, Belgium and Switzer
land, with a view to the formation.of a
fifty million dollar cotton combination In
this country. _
Mr. Washburne has worked out a {dan I
to unite the cotton producers of the south
Into one great co-operative trust, with
headquarters at St. Louis and a central
warehouse in Memphis. He said he had
been selected for this mission because
of the special study he had made of co
operation from a business man's stand
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British Army Officers Reveal State Secret
(By Associated Press.)
London, July 31.—Discussing the con
troversy between Mr. Broderick and ths
Daily Mail, a London correspondent say#:
The law arms Mr. Broderick with full
resources for punishing not only clerks
betraying the confidence of the depart
ment, but also those who hire them to
do it. Those conversant with the or
dinary procedure of the war office- are
amused by Mr. Broderick's disingenuous
effort to discredit his own staff by chargf ;
lng certain newspapers with corrupting j
clerks with moderate Incomes. - j
"The real source of leakage Is well !
bratlon has decided not to canvass
among the merchants for prizes to be
awarded in the games. Informer years
j the merchants of the city gave glaiily to
' this feature of the entertainment, but
they received little or no direct benefit
from their generosity. This year a dif
ferent arrangement will be made and
the merchants will not be called upon.
All other concerns that are benefited by
the gathering of the vast crowd of sight
seers in this city will be allowed to open
heir pocket books and allow a feeling of
liberality to guide them in their dealings
with the committees that have charge of
the celebration. To those who have
learned of the gradually maturing plans
>f the men in charge of the Labor Day
celebration the news of the gathering of
the members of the unions of the state
in Butte on that day comes as cheerful
tidings. The plan is auspicious for the
greatest labor day celebration t. ter held
in Montana.
An Inter Mountain reporter called at
ihe headquarters of the Western Labor
union in the Silver Bow block today and
asked President Daniel McDonald of the
affiliated unions of the state what he
thought of the plan of the committee.
"It's a splendid idea," said Mr. McDon
l aid, enthusiastically. "I have not known
'• before what the boys on the committee
: bad In mind. They generally keep their
i plans pretty well to themselves until
j '.hey aie fully matured, but there is noth
! !ng to prevent Labor Day In the city of
Butte being one of the greatest events in
the year if the excursions from various
j sections of the state are arranged. If
! only the members of organized labor out
side of Butte attend there will be an
army of men brought here on that day."
"What is the numerical strength of the
unions in the outside counties?" was
asked.
j "Well, it is hard to say, ''replied the
; president of the allied organizations. "In
i many of the counties the unions include
I nearly all of the men employed in occu
pations followed by those who can be
; organized. For Instance, there is Mis
| -oula county. In the city of
I I here is Federal Labor Union No. 43;
, clerk's Protective Union No. 85; Musi
I dans' Union No. 96.
"At Benner there is a lumberman's
union; at St. Regis another lumbermans
j union; at Plams and Thompson Falls
other unions have been organized. Taken
j altogether, there are 15 unions in Mis
soula county, with a membership of near
ly 3,000. U is estimated that fully 0 a
per cent of the laboring men of that
county have been organized into unions
that affiliate with the Western Labor
union.
"The eastern part of the state is like
ly to turn out a large crowd to come to
Butte on Labor Day. I organized a
workingman's union last Saturday at
Livingston, and from that point there
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j bration cannot fail of success, if the
: plans for excursions to Butte from out
side points, is carried out."
point and that in his Judgment the only
Nva - V to meet capitalistic cotton and
" heat trusts was to organize better and
ones in the Interest of the pro
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Mr. Washburne said the application of
the idea tb the cotton Industry was made
because the planters, being men of
means, can unite in a co-operative busi
ness movement and effect a tremendous
saving to themselves.
Mr. Washburne, who in two national
campaigns was a national executive com
mitteeman of the peoples party, was
asked if his plan had any political signi
ficance. He said that it had only so far
as it was successful and in that case it
would have a far reaching effect along
political lines in the west and south.
known. Whenevèr important dispatches
are held over in the war office for 24 or
48 hours there is gossip among military
tnen who receive their cues from high
officials. Confidential matters which are
whispered In the military clubs soon
reach the ears of the journalists and find
their way into print.
"This is the natural explanation of
many disclosures which Mr. Broderick
attributes to bribery on the part of tthe
newspapers. The best safeguard against
; this would be the immediate publication
j ot bulletins received from South Africa
j before the higher officials themselves
! have a chance of talking about them."
FRIENDS OF W. J.
FAIL T*
TURN OUT
ADVOCATES OF THE ISSUES REPRESENTED BY THE NEBRASKA
MAN HOLD A SLENDER CONVENTION IN THE PARLOR
OF A COLUMBUS HOTEL
GEORGE A. GROOT OF CLEVELAND, AS TEMPORARY CHAIRMAN,
CALLS THE POPULIST PARTY THE REFUGE OF ALL
DISSATISFIED VOTERS.
(By Associated Press.)
C OLUMBUS, Ohio, July 31.—Follow
ing the conference here last night
'of the populists regarding the
nomination of a state ticket and a more
perfect organization of the people's party
in Ohio, there was held in this city thi 3
afternoon a state convention of the ad
vocates of free silver and other issues
not covered in either the democratic or
republican state platforms.
The convention was called immedi
ately after the recent democratic state
convention by George A. Groot of Cleve
land and others who were dissatisfied
"because the present Ohio democratic
platform did not refer to Col. W. J.
Bryan or re-afflrm either the Chicago or
the Kansas City platform, and for other
reasons set forth in an elaborate call
issued July 15."
In his keynote speech as temporary
chairman Mr. Groot reviewed,the condi
tions that brought about this movement.
He insisted that it was not a movement
of so-called "Bryan democrats" alone,
but of all those who advocated free sil
ver and was opposed both to the demo
cratic and also to the republican party
ISAAC HAM BURGER ON BOARD
Transport Egbert Takes Senator Car
ter's Former Secretary to
Alaska.
Seattle, July 31.—The transport Egbert
sailed today for St. Michael and Nome,
carrying 130 recruits for Fort St. Mich
ael, and a cargo of goods for the mili
tary posts in Alaska. The Egbert fin
ished loading last night.
Among the Egbert's passengers were:
Stanley W. Finch, examiner for the de
partment of Justice for Nome; Isaac
Hamburger, secretary to ex-Senator
Thomas H. Carter of Montana; Mrs.
Mattie Johnson, wife of Deputy Marshal
A. W. Johnson; Mrs. B. A. Perrin, wife
of Ordnance Sergeant Flannery of Nome;
J. R. Pilcher, acting hospital steward;
Privates R. P. MeAdan, Charles Wood
and W. Wyatt for Fort Gibbon.
The recruits are under romand of
Lieutenant Patriot Mullay, formerly
the Eighteenth infantry.
PET CAT STARTS
A FATAL FIRE
(By Associated Press.)
New York, July 31.—A pet cat over
turned a kerosene lamp in the home of
! Jau>es McCoy, Brooklyn, today. In the
fire that resulted James McCoy and his
two children, William, aged 16, and
Edna, 14, were burned to death, and Mrs.
Mary McCoy, the mother, was probably
fatally hurt by falling from a window
to the ground.
Slaughter of the Christians Is Threatened
(By Associated Press.)
Constantinople, July 31.—The excite
ment among the Albanians at I'rlsh
mina is becoming more acute. The
Christians are reported to be in a des
perate condition and the foreign minis
ters here have made renewed demands
at the Yiidiz Kiosk that the government
protect the lives and property of the
Christians.
Buda Pest, July 31.—In consequence of
the agitation in Albania, Austria has or
dered every garrison in Bosnia and Her
zegovina to be immediately placed on a
war footing. Additional regiments will
LABOR NOW SANGUINE OF SUCCESS
LEADERS AT SAN FRANCISCO SAY THEY WILL WIN IF THEY
HAVE TO STOP ALL BUSINESS.
; morning in sympathy with the teamsters,
j This involves directly 530 members of
! this union and indirectly affects 5,000
(By Associated Press.)
S AN FRANCISCO, July 31.—The
great strike ordered by the City
Front federation shows no signs of
a speedy settlemenit. Employers predict
its ultimate collapse, though they admit
the struggle may be prolonged. The la
bor leaders express theselves as confident
of victory, and say that if necessary the
strike will be extended to include every
port on the Pacific coast.
The resolution calling out the members
of the federation has already been ex
tended so as to cover the entire bay of
San- Francisco. The marine firemen will
call out its full membership of 1,300, with
the exception of those employed on tow
boats. The sand teamsters went out this
men in the building trades, whose sup
plies will be cut off and who will, of
necessity, be thrown out of work when
they run short of brick, sand, cement,
rock and gravel.
The strike of the packers has forced the
American Can company to close down,
throwing 400 persons out of employment.
Canneries depend upon It for their sup
plies of cans. These canneries employ
as at present organized and controlled.
The attendance was so small that the
convention was held in the parlors of the
Great Southern hotel, and the newspaper
men present constituted a majority of
the gathering.
A conference was held at the rooms
of Mr. Groot during the forenoon, at
which it was decided to nominate a full
state ticket this evening and elect a state
committee to manage the campaign for
the independent movement.
The platform adop'ted at the confer
ence in Cleveland, July 17, which has
been generally circulated in printed form
for subscribers by mail, was endorsed.
This platform re-affirms the Kansas
City platform, endorses Bryan and de
clares especially for free silver. It alse
includes the following plank:
"We demand that all money that is
manufactured to be used in this country
as a medium of exchange, whether it ba
gold, silver or paper, shall be coined by
the government and shall be distributed
among the people without the interven
tion of banks, and that every dollar of
it shall be a legal tender for all debts,
public or private."
COUNTRY IN REVOLT
Five Thousand Men Head a Movement
Against President Castro of
Venezuela.
Constitutional Guarantees Suspended
and Trouble With Colombia
Feared.
(By Associated Press.)
Willenistadt, Island of Curacoa, .Inly
31.—Dr. Rangel Gardiras, at the head of
5,000 men, has revolted against President
Castro of Venezuela.
The insurgents are near Santonio de
Lacherla on the Colombian frontier. The
Venezuelan government has sent 10,000
troops to the scene of the uprising.
The situation is grave. Other out
breaks are expected. The whole country
is ready to rise against President Cas
tro.
Constitutional guarantees have been
supended and complications with Co
lombia are feared.
Trouble on the Bourse.
(By Associated Press.)
Bilboa, July 31.—The position of af
fairs upon the Bourse causes much
anxiety. Great difficulty is experienced
In the settlement of certain securities in
which the operations have been large.
Money rates are extraordinarily high.
Molders' Strike May End.
(By Associated Press.)
Chicago, July 31.—A settlement of the
molders' strike is expected this week.
leave Vienna this week for Serajevo and
Banjluka. All ol the officers on fur
lough have been ordered to rejoin their
regiments.
Buenos Ayres, July 31.—The chamber
of deputies have approved the bill sus
pending martial law. President Roca
promulgated the bill today.
Manila, July 31.—Lieutenant Croft of
the Nineteenth Infantry, with a mount
ed detachment of Cebu scouts, has had
un encounter with 60 insurgents. Seven
of the rebels were killed and 13 taken
prisoners. Of Lieutenant Croft's force»
two privates were slightly »wounded.
5,000 men, women and children, and un
less the factory can start up again within
a few days they will all be thrown out
of employment.
Anangements have been made by th«
Ship Owners association- to meet the
strike of the sailors, marine firemen and
longshoremens union. Non-union men
are to be employed if possible and an ef
fo.e made to handle freight at the
wharves.
The Pacific Coast Steamship com
pany's firemen did not go out. The men
have signed individual contracts with the
company and they did not violate the
agreement. The sailors, however, struck
and the company is looking for new men.
The coal situation of San Francisco Is
not considered serious by the Jobbing
coal men. According to their estimates
there is enough coal on hand to serve
the city for two weeks. Two colliers ar
rive! in port yesterday and several more
are due within a week.
The police commissioners have granted
about 100 permits to non-union men te
cat ry concealed weapons for the purpose
of de'ense.
Mayor Fheian still has hopes that a
compromise of the trouble may he ef
fet- ted.