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*> I plant and the Jollet rod mill plant. The former Is now idle. In the plants of the American Bridge Com pany there Is no organization of the men. The outside men handling and erecting the work of the American Bridge Company are organized as the International Association of Bridge and Structural 1; . i Workers. They ..re not affili ated with the American Federation of Labor. FEDERATIONS ATTITUDE UNCERTAIN. The attitude of the federation remains uncer tain, and the president of the Amalgamated Association is unwilling to discuss it. although support has been proffered by officials cf the federation This has been without the con certed action of the federation executive board. Many affiliated bodies of the federation have annual or long term contracts with their em ployers, and beyond financial and moral sup port it Is hard to tell how the federation may go. The call to the men of the three companies in the mills of which the Amalgamated Asso ciation Is strongest is expected to be generally and promptly responded to on Saturday. The move will, it Is expected, practically suspend operations of the Federal Steel Company and cut off half of the production of the National Steel and National Tube companies and make upward of 40,000 men idle. In the most extensive plant of the National Tube Company, at McKeesport, the organization is new and the effect of the strike order is un certain. The works employ upward cf eight thousand men. The- attitude of the men of the United States Steel Corporation so far rot affected by the strike has been carefully canvassed since the futile effort to arrive at terms of peace in New- York last Saturday. Most of the nine vice presiJents of the different districts have been among their men. and th. reports have readied . headquarters. In a general way 'he tone of theee reports indicates that the men will support the stand of their officials. An aggressive move ment on Carnegie mills is intended, and will be taken promptly. WANTS NO UNWILLING MEN. President Shaffer said to-night: We want no one to come out with us unwlll lrply. If our people are not in full sympathy viih our right we would rather they would re main st work. They will not be asked to decide hastily. T;.. \ will have until Saturday night Of this week to think it over. When they finally do decide they will come out prepared for the battle. There will be no faltering, no Indecision, no ignorance of action, but a unity of purpose and a determination to stand for their rights. After issuing the official call for next Satur day night. President Shaffer said: At noon to-day I called out all the men em ployed in the New-Castle mills of the National Steel Company. They will stop work at l o'clock to-night. My purpose In doing this was that I learned that the trust has been piling up union nviue bars in the old housings of the dis mantled Jennings sheet mill, for the purpose of supplying the trade to the non-jnlon mills when the plants were shut down. It was a clever trick, but it did not work. The trust will need : what tars they have stored row badly enough before they are' through this strike. After send- j ing this telegram to Newcastle. I received a reply which read as follows: "Mill v ill close; men are all firm." This will bring about l.r»00 men out in that plant of the National Steel plant in that town. You see. we have to be on the watch for Just euch moves by the trust as this was. We know ■what is going on Just as well as they do. and are fully prepared to meet every move they make. The New-Castle plant of the National Steel Company, which is :he first to be affected by the general order, Is the Shenango Valley steel plant. It was originally owned by a com pany by that name, and was taken from that concern by the National Steel Company. It In cludes bar mills and furnaces and also the Ttosena blast furnaces In the same borough. A HARD BLOW TO INDUSTRY. j As President Shaffer left his office to-night he • -walked downstairs to the street accompanied by Secretary John Williams and Manager Ben :. Davis of "The Amalgamated Journal." He vt» apparently at ease in his mind, but showed evidences of his full realization of the act that had been performed. Discussing the feature of the strike that would bear directly upon the prosperity of the country, he said: The closing of all these mills will be felt by all classes. It will stop production, and this will stop commerce. The effect will be bad, and no one realizes it more than I do. I realised it all the time, and tried to avoid by every means In my power the carrying out of this programme. but it wan of no use. Right must triumph, however. It will triumph In spite of the trust saying that union men cannot exist in their mills. In this call for the men to come out. we tried to avoid all meaningless words, all bombastic ut- ; terances and sensational sentences. It is too serious a matter for stage play. The amal gamated men fully realize the task that is be fore them, and have been prepared for it. They are. I believe, ready to Buffer long for what they firmly believe to be their rights. They will suffer hunger, poverty and privation '<l all kinds before giving in. The trust can never crush such men as our people. They may start some Of their mills, but they cannot start many of them AT THE STEEL PLANTS. SOME MILLS WHERE THE STRIKE OR DER CAUSES DISSATISFACTION*. IBy The Associated ham] Pittsburg. Aug. (V— Repay** were received from nearby towns to-night as follows: Vellsvllle. Ohio.— The situation In Wellsvllle is unchanged from yesterday. The same number of mills are working, and the temper of th men toward the company and the officers has not been altered. President Albert Hughes of the National Brotherhood of Operative Potters parsed through Wellsville to-day, and said: v "The potters will not be called out until it is absolutely necessary end backed by orders from th» American Federation of Labor. We can ba of more assistance by Ftlcklng to our work and aiding them financially." The arrest of Henry B. Henderson, president of th- Wc-llsville local lodge of potters, on the charge of riot has deeply Incensed all the opera tive potters In the Ohio Valley. To-morrow at noon a kitchen will be estab lished in the mill yard, and the non-union men will receive their meals within the yard, in- Etead of having them passed through the fence, as heretofore. Manager Brookman absolutely refused to admit a reporter to his office, and will not even tell the number of mills now work- Ing, which ieads the strikers to believe that he has several men within the stockade whom he (Is afraid to permit to work on the hot rolls. Bellalre. Ohio— From Indications at the Bellalre works of the National Steel Company, the men will not come out on the call from Shaffer. An organizer has been here, but could not get men enough to start a lodge, as there are not many men in thia mill that the Amalgamated AESocia tion would allow 10 become members, but it is I thought here that If all other trades come out this mill will dose down. At present the mill will run until the tinnlate mills using their sheet barn close. Monessen, Perm. — The report that President Shaffer had ordered a general strike was heard with much dissatisfaction by the majority of people here, and excitement is running high as to the next local movement. The tin mill la running, and the strikers have 60 far failed In their efforts to get the non-union men out. The last hope of peace has !»»-en shattered by Presi dent Shaffer's general strike order. It remains to be seen whether the union men will adopt harsh measures to tie up the tinplate mill. Toungstown, Ohio.— The general strike order will have no effect in Youngstown or the Ma honing Valley. On July 1. when the old ale expired, all the mills of the United States Steel Corporation were cloeed, and not a wheel has turned since. In Youngstown the Steel Hoop Company owns two mills, which employ :J,. r i<Kj men. In Struthers the Sheet Steel " Company operate* a nve mill plant of 800 men. and in Mile* It has a plant employing the came number of men. In Niles. also, the Tin Hate Company operates a plant of iM men. and in Warren the Steel Hoop Company's mills are idle and .%<Mj nun are out. They are al. organized and have nearly all secured Jobs in Independent mills and outside work. The only move expected in the valley at an early date is the strike of the blast furnace men. They will meet in Niles Wednes day morning to take action. Hyde Park, Perm.. Aug C— The five mill plant of the steel company, whkh started \esterday afternoon, is running full, and matters are pro ceeding smoothly, considering the high feflir.g prevalent. This mill has always run union and the few aspociation men remaining in town ex press string resentment against the importa tion of men from the unorganized plants at Vandergrift and Apollo. Most of the association men who live here, however, have obtained wrrk in other towns on account of the continued idleness of the mill during th-^ last year, and are now absent. Besides the men from Apollo and Yandergrift and a few from Leechburg the plant is operated with home labor. STEEL STOCKS HIGHER. SHAFFER'S ORDER DISCOUNTED-- MEN* MVY LOSE $."..000,000 GIFT. Information that President Shaffer of the Amal gamated Association bad issued his order to ex tend the steel strike to the mills of the Federal Steel Company, the National Steel Company and the National Tube Company did not create much surprise In this city last evening. Men connected with trades unions said the most surprising thlnp about the order was that it put off the extension of the strike until August 10. allowing the steel companies abundant time In which to strengthen their own positions. There were heard expressions of opinion that if Mr. Shaffer's order for a general strike was obeyed by a sufficient number of the steelworkers to close all the union mills of the Federal Siecl, National Steel and National Tube companies the United States Steel Corporation would be compelled to offer terms to the strikers. Or. the other hand, it was said, if the companies were able to keep the mills open the strike would end in failure, and that would mean the destruc tion of the Amalgamated Association. The possible action of the American Federation of Labor In supporting; the steel strike by refusing to handle steel manufactured by the steel corpo ration was discussed last evening with apparent concern by men interested in building trades. It was said that such support by the federation prob ably would paralyse several industries In the United States and throw almost countless people out of employment. The consequence* of such a blow at American Industries, it was said, were so dreadful to contemplate that the officers of the federation probably would hesitate to issue an or der in direct support of the strike, however much they might W inclined to sympathize with tho strikers. MORGAN DENIES A RUMOR. Information of Importance regarding the steel strike situation continued to be meagre In Wall Street yesterday. Steel stocks were weak In the market, but closed a shade higher than on Mon day. Indicating that the threat to extend the strike within ten days had not paused much alarm among the raters in the stocks. Officials of the United States Steel Corporation and of Its subsidiary com panies maintained silence about the strike. It was declared at the office of C. M. Schwab that he did not intend to make any statement in reply to the statement issued by the strike leaden on Saturday. There was a report that Mr. Schwab and J. P. Morgan had disagreed as to the attitude of the steel corporation toward the strike leaders. Neither man would talk about the report, but men closely associated with them said the report was entirely without foundation. It was said that the officials of the steel corporation were pleased at the re-, opening of the Hyde Park mill, but no plans for opening other mills were divulged. A financier rep resenting an interest in the steel corporation said: The plan which had been formulated for setting aside 6,000. common stock for the employes, and arranging to carry it for such of the workmen « could not make immediate payment, is. of course, knocked into a cocked hat by The strike. Person ally I do not believe in such methods. Workmen do not like to be coddled A better way for a com pany to treat its men i* to raise their salaries to the highest point compatible with a prosperous management Of the company. Among the steel strike rumors of Wall Street was one that a striker had make a threatening demon stration in front of J. p. Morgan's office. it was based on the- fact that an intoxicated man who carried a pair of overalls in hi? hand stopped in front of the banking house, paw Mr. Morgan's name over the door and made some maudlin remarks which attracted the attention of messenger boys and caused them to leer at him. A policeman took the Inebriated man by the collar and led him to Exchange Place, where he dismissed him with a kick. MAY AFFECT BUILDING. Contractors for new buildings In this city said yesterday that there might be serious delay in the delivery of structural steel for new buildings if the ete«-l strike extended and was prolonged A repre sentative of a prominent firm said that the new Tenement House law required the use of more steel In hous*-s. anil it might be difficult to get all the steel required. "We may have to He on our oars for a time." he said, "but the delay will be nothing new, as the supply of structural steel for buildings has been snort for weeks at a time." B. P. McConnell, of the G. A. Fuller Construction Company said he thought the resolution* adopted by the board of delegates of the United Bulldins Trades need be taken only as fin expression of sympathy for the strikers. The workers here." he said, ""know that refusal to handle products of the trust would throw thousands of other artisans out of employment and seriously affect labor. I feel sure there wall be no trouble of the kind " The Desnon-ICcbsan Company employs a large number of Ironworkers In three sections .if the Rapid Transit tunnel. A representative of the firm said yesterday that more non-union than union Ironworkers were employed by them. lie also said that a deal of the erection of the steel work could be done by unskilled men. SOME NEW MOVE PROMISED. AM MATED ASSOCIATION may SHOW ITS HAND IN AN" I~NRXPE<TnT> QUARTER. Pittsburg. Aug. 8. — By Monday^ of next week the Amalgamated Association may show Its hand in an unexpected quarter. The officials of the organization decline even to intimate what this means, but promise that there will be de velopments of an interesting character by that time. It is said that upward of 00 per cent of the men employed in the Carnegie mills are union men at heart. The officer* of the association are working now with the utmost secrecy on their plans. They are apparently engaged in putting finishing touches to all the work that has sen done In the past. They are confident In their tone and full of fight. All. however, ex press the hope of a speedy settlement of the trouble, when. the officials of the trust learn that the men are determined. WEST VIRGINIA MEN WILL OBEY. [r»Y TEueaiurn to the tbiiuxe.j Wheeling, W. Va.. Aug. President Shaffer's order to strike on Saturday will be obeyed, and every trust mill in the Wheeling district will close. There are now 7.000 men out and .r*,ooo. r *,ooo more to come. MACHINISTS MAY AID STEEL MEN. Indianapolis, Aug. 6.— Mr. Collins, the business agent of the National Machinists' Union. discuss ing the probability of a««i for the steel strikers, an id to-day: The American Federation will not go further than to give its moral and financial support to the ftrik»-rf. not even If the Amalgamated Associa tion were affiliated with the American Federation of Labor, which It ia not. The constitution of the American Federation of Labor forbids the decla ration of sympathetic strikes. While the men «'in ployed in the metal trades here are in the same general line of work as the strikers, they are not members of the Amalgamated Association, I look for trouble to remit from this fight— lt is going to be the L>lgg?st labor war since the great strike of JS7C. The trust cannot afford to have Its plants idle, In the first place, and to m.ike a waiting fitch' effective It would have to set to work to cripple the independent mills. This would be a bad move for it. The only way it can do this is to Import scabs. The men will not alt Idly by and allow this, and the result win t»« trouble. Organized labor is heart and soul with the strlk<-ih. and if they need financial aid they will get It. PLEDGE AID TO STRIKERS. The strike ef the steel workers was discussed st a meeting Of the board of delegates of the miscel laneous trades at No & East l'ourt;i-.«t. yesterday, and it wat decided to Indorse the strike as the beard of delegates of the building trades did on Monday. ItOAD LABORERS OX STRIKE. New burg. Z\. V.. Aug. 4— One hundred men em ployed by the Orange County Construction Com 1 any in rebuilding roads in the vicinity of Vails Gate have gone on strike. They demand ten hours' jay for eight hours' work. The construction com pany. os. which H. Harriman is the brad, secured contracts for rebuilding toads from the Board of Supervisors. The strikers claim it la State work. NEW-YORK DAILY TRIBUNE. WEDNESDAY. AUGUST 7. 1001. nn which eight hours constitute a day's work. Sheriff Herman and four deputies were on duty to-day at Vails G..te to keep order. Ar attempt will be made tii continue work to-morrow. MINE WORKERS' ATTITUDE. NOT LIKELY TO GIVE MORE THAN MOHAL AND FINANCIAL AID. Indianapolis, Aug. fi— The national executive board of the United Mine Workers confined it self to-day to a consideration of labor troubles affecting the organization. The continued ab sence of Pr^sid^nt Mitchell, made necessary on account of illness in his family, prevented the board from taking up any discussion of the steel workers" difficulties. The members of the board nre unanimous, however. In their assertions that this action, whenever it comes, will not be in the nature of a strike. At the most it m ill be merely the offer of financial assistance and moral sympathy. Secretary-Treasurer Wilson said to-night that the executive board probably will remain in session the remainder of the week and the first two or three days of next week. STRIKE LEADERS DISAPPEAR. BELIEVED TO HAVE BEEN* KIDNAPPED AND DEPORTED FROM TAMPA. Tampa, Fin.. Aug. The strike situation to night is one of bewilderment on the part of the strikers and immovable determination on the part of the citizens. No word has been received form or about the Resistencia leaders who were deported last night, and the vigilantes are sworn to secrecy, although they admit the men will never return to Tampa. The exact number of the m?n deported is not vet known, but every prominent leader of the strike is missing. It Is said that others are marked, and that deporta tion may take place at any moment. The kidnapping last night had been well planned for days. A great open air meeting had been arranged to which all the Resistencia leaders had been invited, the purpose bring to catch them all in a bunch. They were all pres ent. Music had been provided, and the streets were lined with thousands of people. Shortly before the posse of citizens reached the place the news reached the strike leaders and they quick ly dispersed. The crowd was not daunted, and began a search through the streets, and snatched the men from the crowds. They were placed in carriages that had been provided, between heav ily armed guards, and driven away. The raptured loaders were at once driven to the county fall, where they remained or the out side under guard for a few minutes. Then they disappeared, and have not been seen or heard of since. Various rumors as to their dispostlion have been circulated in the city to-day, it being most generally reported that they were taken into the Gulf In an unknown and mysterious vessel. All the deported strike leaders were Spaniards and Cubans. The boldness of the whole affair and the accomplishment of the de portation without bloodshed are remarkable. DECLARE WAR OX IXIOXS. CHICAGO IRON FOUNDERS VOTE TO EM TLOY NON-UNION MEN AT IN CREASED WAGES. Chicago, Aug. -While union moulders we walking the streets because their employers re fused to pay th. m $:: a day. these Fame em ployers voted to-day to replace them with non union men. who are to receive $4.90 and $4.75 a day. The decision of the manufacturers to pay the higher rate to non-union men was reached at a meeting of the local organization of the National Founders" Association. In voting to pay th<» ale announced the members of the National Founders' Association have taken the first atep in a fight for th A extermination of the machin ists' and Iron moulders' unions. This fight will be waged with great intensity, and Chicago win be the city from which the efforts of th- manu facturers will be directed Henry F. Devens, secretary of the National Metal Trades Association, of which the National Pounders' and the National Machinery Manu facturers' associations are component parts, will lead the fight. He will arrive in Chicago on Thursday to open headquarters From his of fice the manufacturers throughout the United States and Canada will receive their orders. In their efforts to destroy the two onions the manufacturers will end* ivor to replace their union employes with non-union men or union men who refute to obey the < rders of their locate. Prom 800 to 1,000 non-union men will lie brought to Chicago and put to work In th" rlants of the members of th" various associa tions. These men will live in th« plants. They will sleep In cots furnished by the manufact urers, and will cat their meals in th* establish nr-enta Pickets of the strikers who attempt to terfere with th* men who are holding their places will be restrained by injunctions. COAL THI sr SAID TO HE ASSURED. ORGANIZATION WITH SMMfS.OM capita!. MAY HE COMPLETED li\ JANUARY 1. Chicago, Aug. •'..—. .— a result of a secret meet ing of the finance committee of the proposed national coal trust with a capitalisation of $300,000,000 held here 10-day, it Is said thai the combination will be completed by the first of next year. The promoters, it is paid, have had considerable trouble with the mine owners throughout Indiana, who have put exorbitant values on their properties, but they will he forced into th<- national combination when It Is formed. The finances for the trust are assured, as Morgan interests have stepped in and de manded that they be allowed to underwrite the new organisation. "You can say that the national organization will be completed bj January 1," said a promi nent Indiana operator to-day. "When the States arc organised the national body will control practically all of the bituminous output mi th" country. The States* to be Included are Western Pennsylvania, Illinois, West Virginia Ohio and Indiana. Th " national organization will be financed by J. Pk-rpont Morgan and his friends." EVIDENCE IX HARXEY CASE. AFFIDAVITS FILED IN BUTTE CHARGING UNDUE INFLUENCE IN THE MIX NIE HE ALT DECISION. Iky TKLF.On.AriI TO tup: tribi ) Butt*. Mont.. Aug. The evidence which the at torneys for the Amalgamated Copper Company claim to have to sustain their charges of corrup tion against Judge E. W. Harney, of the State Supreme Court, who. they Allege, decided the- big Minnie Healy mining case in favor of F. Augustus Helnae because a woman in the employ of th* Helnze people Influenced him to do no. was pre sented In court to-day. The evidence Is contained In a great mass of affidavits, mad* by persons claiming to be familiar with the habits of Judge Harney and the woman In the case. Mrs. Ada H. Bracket! The chief evidence is furnished by two persons. Miss K. L. Walters and J. W. Waters, who repre ■-> nt th.it they had be»»n on most intimate terms of friendship with both Judge Harney and Mrs. Bracket! All were guests at the Butte Hotel prior and subsequent to th. trial of the Minnie Heaiy cose and about the time that Judge Harney ren dered his decision by which he gave a $10,0)0 000 property to Helnze upon the payment by the latter of |54,0» to the Amalgamated representative Mis* Walters and Mr. Waters testify that Mrs. Bracken told them repeatedly that she was in the employ of Helnze and John MacGlnnlss the latter Heinze's chief manager, and that MaoGlnnls* had promised her llO.Guo, and had employed her to take care of Judge Harney and do other secret work for the Heinze company. Harney, so the witnesses say. visited Mr«. Brackett In her rooms frequently and the two were often under the Influence of liquor. It Is alleged that Judge Harney once told Miss Walters that drink was his crime, but that Mrs. Bßrackett t was to blame for It all. He said he would go to his wife and children and let drink alone. On the day that he made his decision he told Mrs. Bracken that he had signed an order that would cause the Amalgamated Company to do «orne thinking, and that from then on he would not let up on the company, but would continue to 'give It hell." it is related that Mrs. Bracken and the Judge often visited neighboring towns and resorts together, and remained over night. Mr* Bracken came to Montana from Minneapolis. She is a divorced woman. SAVING HOMES FROM FLOOD PEOPLE ON THE EAST SIDE BALE THE WATER OUT AS IT COMES IN. People on the East Side, downtown, suffered In several ways from the heavy rain that fell about 7 o'clock last nicht. It came down so hard that many of those who live In basements had all they could do to keep the water from flooding them out. Along Madison and Henry sts. women and chil dren were busily engaged In baling the water from their homes, damming up the windows and trying In various ways to keep the water from pouring in from the sidewalk. Those who live higher up under leaky roofs saved their furniture by putting washtubs, basins and other utensils on the floors under where the rain came through. The sewers were choked up at many of the cor ners, and this caused the water to back up deep enough to flow over the sidewalk. In places It was necessary to walk half a block or more in the pouring rain to find a crossing. The cloudy and rainy weather of the last few days has started the keepers of hotels and board ing bouses at the summer resorts to reviving their old complaint They say that this summer has not brought to them the volume of business that they should have had. and that It Is all because the sun has been hidden for too many hours of the day. They argue, and others who are not hotel keepers argue with them, that July had more cloudy weather than clear weather and that, even if It didn't, It had too many days that were un pleasant. There was moro cloudy weather In July than clear weather. The records of the Weather Bu reau show that, whereas the month afforded a possibility of 455.6 hours of sunshine, there were only 231.7 hours In which the sun actually was visible. This does not take Into account the night time and does not give the number of hours In each full day in which the weather was really cloudy and rainy. But In the daytime there was only 51 per cent of the amount of sunshine it was possible to have. Warning was given by the Weather Bureau that there would h» rain In the afternoin yesterday, and It was borne out by the early hours of the morning. There was no excuse for those who rams down to business without either umbrellas or mack intosh. That many did so was evident by th» number of clerks and other office workers who made wild dashes for the cars nt the closing hour yesterday. The rain wa3 streaming In torrents at that time. There was protection for about two In each seat In the cars. The wind drove the water In In sheets find wet ail who sat near the outside. The awn incs thai were let down on the side furthest from the sidewalk si on became Soaked through, and every fresh gURt of wind shook the drops that clung to the inside of the canvas Into the faces and on the clothing of the passengers. Under the awn ln?s. too, the rain .!rovo. wetting feet and making everybody uncomfortable. There wis a superabundance of humidity In th« air. but when the temperature keeps so low that the maximum recorded Is only 73 degrees, nobody minds 92 to 97 per cent, particularly when trie storms cool the air to such an extent that there are only •?» degrees of temperature at S o'clock In the evening. The weather Bureau, however, t>ays It was not much of a storm. Hardly enough to have a cen tre, even. But if there must be a centre it was at Montgomery. Ala. Lees than two Inches of rain fell In this city yesterday. For to-day the forecast is cloudy with rain and rising temperstura and brisk northeast winds be coming southeast. The same kind of weather is promised for Thursday. CARS ARE BLOCKED IN BROOKLYN. RAIN CAUSES THE FORMATION OF A OROt'ND CIRCUIT AND fjOM OF CUR RENT. IT IS SAID. The oari> were blocked la.«t night at 10 o'clock In one of the busiest parts of the Brooklyn Rapid Transit lystea fulton-st.. between Boeruni Place and tsn-avs -and .it 2 o'clock thts mornlnc the blockade was Still unbroken. A number of Unas were prevented from running their cars. The trouble win at the Third power bouse, at Thlrd-ave. and g»COnd-S1 It wsa aaid that the heavy r»ln« washed away the base* of the street polaa. the result of which wsa the formation of a F round i-lrrutt ar.d the consequent lon* Of the cur rent. The c.ir.i stalled were all those of the Thlrd-av* arid ftb-ave lines, and those of the Fulton-st.. ilreene and dates. Putnam and Haliey. Ftatbush an.l [VKalb ayes.. which run through Fulton »t . h«-twoon Boerum Tlaco and Fl.itbush-ave. Th« tr.i.-k.i w.>r.> Mocked In both direction* for a long distance. Tor !\ t:m» the r^r• wcr« mover! along Slowly, b. in* twitched through Wllloughby-sl and Rock wfl! Pl:uc The ram of tbe Smith -«t l!n<« "f the Coney Isl nnd and Hronkl\n road, which cross at Kiilton-st.. liad a "rlr< l ult ri iker" ther»\ and the lai k of power mi.!.* It ne. -«».rv f-">r them to make the rro»i«tnK with the headway Rained by a hi^h speed Just hofore re:i<-hlnjr It TRAINS DELATED AT HOBOKEN. The bursting of a power water main in the heavy rain last nljrhf cnu:«e<l delay to truffle over the Lsckswanna Rsllroad In Hoboken. The water run down the hill to th* a al mund track of the Lack awanna road »nd wasaed about thirty feel ■•( the track from Ita roadbed. As a result the west hound track wai aUo weakened, and no trains i-o-.ilrl mmc In or out Of the rlty from * o'clock un til mMnlcht. At that hour the westbound track wax mittl.-lently re >a I red to allow (tome of th* trains to leave th* station and others waiting to re-enter. NORFOLK HIT BY A TORNADO. CONSIDERABLE DAMAGE TO BUILDINGS, BUT NO LOSS OF LIFE. Norfolk. Va., Aug. 6.— Norfolk was visited by a tornado shortly after 2 o'clock this afternoon. The whirlwind enme In the usual funnel shaped cloud and waa about fifty feet In width. Fortu nately Its path was In the outlying portion of the city and not through the thickly populated sec tions. The roofs of about twenty houses were Mown away and several people were injured by falling timbers, In the county all the outbuildings on a large farm wore demolished Several houses In the town of Berkeley were unroofed Tra i were torn up end chimneys blown down through out th.- Section passed over. No fatalities have been reported. Th«» whirlwind wns followed by a rainstorm thai almost equalled a cloudburst. STORM SEVERE IN XrtRTH CAROLINA. Raleigh. N C, Anc « A .1!:--patch to "lhe Kewa aad Observer" frf>m Alsemarle, N c. aaya that the m<. Ft destructlvs rain fell «« and nmun.i tti.it potni last nlghl thai his been known In forty years Little i.'.n>: i"n«k waahed oul a n\\ on the Tadkln Railroad, and swept away nbout two hundre.i f. ft f.f the trin-k. Trains have been tle.l up here f..r twelve hours Qresl dsmsse also waa dons to crops. Several brldgea and mills were washed away. SAN FRAXCISCO STRIKE SttEADrXG. ROXMAKKnS Ql"IT WORK- ASSAI.'t.TS <>N WORK' MKN. San Francisco. Aug. fi— The only development of importance in the labor situation to-day, so far as the extension Of striken Is concerned, was the walkout of more than four hundred union box makers, who had been employed In the various factories of the city. The men say they were so often urged to sign an agreement which meant their resignation from the union that they decided no longer to brook the menacing attitude of their employers, and to Join the forces of the Idle. Mayor Phelun declares that co far as he Is concerned peace negotiations are at an end, he having done all that he could to bring about a conference. To-morrow morning the sand teamsters, some five hundred In number, will refuse to go to work, having been ordered out. This will tend to cripple the building industry of the city, as material can not then be hauled. The Building Trades Council says that there are only 130 Idle union painters this afternoon, and that In a short time the Master Painters' Association will be brought to terms. The Municipal League officials are hopeful that a conference can yet lie arranged, and it has been suggested that Governor Gage be. urged to act as mediator. There were the visual dally assaults on non union workmen. Two came near ending seriously. Samuel Cole, a rtrlklng teamster. was shot in the breast and badly Injured by Henry Davis, a non union teamster. According to Cole Jtory, ha was arguing with Davis, who drew a revolver and shot him. J. Watt, a non-union teamster, when going to work, was met by a union nan, who tried to dissuade him. On Watt's refusal the union man Mruck him In the neck with a rock. Watt drew a pistol and shot at his ass^liaut. Watt was watch- Ing the man run. when two shots were fired by some one In the crowd on the ether side of the street. The bullets narrowly missed lodging In Watt's head. HORSE SENSE With a Human Application. Th'^ man who owns horses is oareful of tfe. He is careful that they are fed regularly. He sees to it that their feed is proportioned to their needs and conditions. They are fed at stated times and with a measured ration. No man feeds a horse which Is just off a long and fatiguing: Journey. He leta it. rest a while and then feeds it moderately. No horse owner rushes a heated horse from the harness to the spring, and lets it drink its fill of cold water. A horse is a valuable asset, and the owner takes no chance of Injuring its health. Now consider how the horse owner treats him self. He doesn't think regularity of meals of any moment, so hr eats in season and out of season. He has no regular ration or measured meal, so he eats to repletion. He comes home utterly tired from field or store and sits down to a hearty meal. He gets overheated and drinks copious draughts of cold water. He treats him self as hp would allow no one to treat his horse. and he wonders why his stomach gives out. his digestion Is Impaired and he grows weak and miserable. If a man would treat himself as well as he treats his horse h$ would not suffer from di«ea*»» of the stomach and its allied organs of digestion and nutrition. A COMMON CAUSE OF DISEASE. There is no doubt that careless and irregular eating and drinking are the most prolific causes of disease. When the stomach is diseased the whole body suffers from innutrition and Its consequent physical weakness. The heart feels it— the lungs feel it— the liver feels it— the kid neys feel It— the nerves feel it. and. as a general rule, the beginning of "doctoring" is when the heart, lungs, liver, kidneys or nerves show signs of disorder. The stomach is. as a rule, not considered, or fails to receive the treatment necessary to the cure of disease. Dr. Pierre's Golden Medical Discovery cures diseases of the stomach and other organs of digestion and nutrition. By enabling the perfect digestion an.i assimilation of food, it enables the strengthening of the body, and so restores weak organs to normal activity an.l the whole body to vigorous health. Th* most notabl* cures effected by the use of "Golden Medical Discov ery" are those of chronic forms of disease which Radway'ssril ■f s^ ■i 1 jTiialn*^! -* fbgjr i i 9 a Proposals. (GOVERNOR'S ISLAND. N. Y. H. July 10. 1 • -«,j —Sealed proposals, in triplicate, for furnishing Koraee Straw required In i-r of the Easr. during fl* .1 year <-:.:■, June T.O. MOB, wl!l be received here and at place* indicated In Instructions luiued hereund»r. until I'. 1 M Ausust ■• '■■''■ I". 9 reserves rtcbl to rejei t or accept any or all prepoMl* or ary part thereof. Informa tion furnished on application, tnv-lopes coptalnlnft pro . :. will be endorsed "Proposals fo r F"ra*e and Straw at ." JAa m. moors a Q si. ■■; PROPOSALS FOR SUBSISTENCE SUP PLIES—Office purchasing Commissary. V. S. Amy. No. 39 Whitehall Street. Ne-v York City. N. V.. Aua\ 5. 10O1— Pealed propoMls for furnlihln« and delivering sub- Httme* »uprli*i In ikla .'■• for thtuy i.iys. commencing [ -■ i ' 1 I>"'. win te received at this off.-* until '■ ' o'clock A M\ on Atic 13 i>>i Inf->rm*t!o n furn!*he.l en applica - tlon Briv» -" ■• ■ ilnl i Mv» aboold he marked "k'ro poMla for Subaistenc* Snpp'.leu. opened Aug. '•" ll»l." nnl ad«Jres«M ti Major D. L,. »KAINARI». Ccm:ni3»-»ry v. m. A. ."PROPOSALS for the Construction of a Por t.in of th» Low Area Tt'ir.k S»wer — O«t!.-e "' " - Cl-.mnil«toner».C 1 -.mnil«toner». r> f.. Washlnnton. D C. July Kf>. 1901— pealed prop.->«!.« *!H *»c re. rivet nr tliU <>T.c* until 12 o'clock M AupiK' 31. VM)\, for .V)r.stru'-tlr.< sewers In tre rKStrtet of Columbia. Fr l '*'~lrt<"a'!'' >r '» and blank forms of j proposal! t..i>- be ob'V.ne* *t thl» .'(Tic-. Th<» rtjlit U r» •erxed to reW! an v«nl alt teMl or pnrts of bids. HENRY R. P. SJACFARLAXD. JOHN W. ROSS. LJINSINQ H. ! KF.M'H. Commissioner*. I">. C. j uisr POINT. S Y. July 12. iooi.-^seai«i ™" Proposal* In triplicate will be received here •:-• 1 : noon A' I. !'■•!. tot furnlsHr* thts pool Tie* and »tr»w .'..:r:nic Ms.'i! year endlnt ' m ■ 3.>. IM2. Informa tion furnl*h».l on application. I" S. reserves rlci-t to • r")-ct any rr nil proposal* er ,-•. purl thereof. Envelopes , containing proposals Khould be Indorsed "Pr'">po i <«!» for i forage ar.d utraw." addressed J. IV Pellin«er. Q. M. ! t <uvi:i!NHi;s ISLAND. N. Y. An& 7. 1909.— I " Pealed proposals la triplicate, for sinking artesian | well, will be received here until 11 A. M.. Auk. », W*n. ; V S. reserve* rl«ht lo re.le.-t or accept any or all pro- , posal*. Information furnl«h*.l on application. Envelopes ] containing proponatu should be marked "Proposals for . well." addressed S It JONES. Q. M THE DAMAGE TO ST. PAUL'S. UNEQUAL Distribution OF WEIGHT AND UNDEROROUND RAILfiOAPS HELD RESPONSIBLE. London. Aug. 7.-■7 .-■ Somers Cksrne, the architect in charge of SI Paul's Cathedral, writes to "The Times ' to-day as follows: The Immense weight resting upon the eight piers upholding the dome hns caused the founda tions under th* dome to settle mere than else where. The settlement thus mused has broken the -MKhf arches anil the windows of the cleres tory over them In th.' nave of the choir am! the north and south transepts, where they abut on the dome piers, in th.' sams vay. The very great weigh! of the western towers has caused them to sink, and in sinking they have cracked the west front vertically through the great door, ins window above and the vaulted celling of the portico, They have also cracked the wan of lbs chape] to the east. Mr. Clarke, after mentioning the unequal dis tribution of weight as a causa of the settle ment, expresses the opinion that the two un derground railways and the burns sewers have affected the foundations. He lays particular Stress ,upon the vibrations resulting from the pacing trains. /.vyf iry ABOUT <;t:oi{<;i: r. WALDO KSDBD. STATK CIVIL. SERVICE COMMISSION* TO DECIDE A KINGS COUNTY CASE. On behalf Of the State Civil Service Board Com missioner George Kraft yesterday conducted an In vestigation Into the charges against George E. Waldo, as Commissioner of Records of Kings Coun ty. The charges were made by William Doggrell, who was dropped from Waldo's office a year ago and ha« since been seeking reinstatement. In the Supreme Court he was beaten. Then he complained that his discharge wan due to political reasons, an:! asked the State Civil Service Board to make an in vestigation. Fred W. Sparks Is the counsel for Mr. Doggrell. and Levi W. Naylor represents Com missioner Waldo. _ „ Mr. Sparks endeavored to show that Doggrell was removed while State Commltteeman John j. Post was fighting Naval Officer Sharkey. who is Doggrell's district leader. At 5 o'clock In the af ternoon the testimony was closed, and Commu plotter Kraft said that he would report the result of the investigation to the full commission. OWNER OF CLOTHES WAS D/tOWMED. Hackensack. Aug. 6 (Special).— The suit of clothes, •hoes and underwear found on the bank of the Hackensack River, near West View, on Monday were yesterday identified as belonging to Joseph P. Brady, a young plumber, of Rldgefteld Park who had been bathing. The river was dragged all da> yesterday, but the body was not recovered. Brady was twenty-one years old, and about a year ago married a young womaa m Rlilgeneld Park, but kept the we.iillng a secret nearb six montns. :,■:■;;■■■.■;- Nasser- Esq.. of Mount Union (tk - — ). Huntingdon Co.. Pa., writes- "A^2 twelve years ago I was suddenly taken wirs pain in the pit. of th* stomach which wa, a violent I could not walk straight. It would iJ!? more severe until It caused waterbra«h « vomiting of a slimy yellow water. I coiSmf^J a physician and he told me I had a form a'Jii pepsla and treated me for about six month" with but little benefit. I still kept getttnir . weak I could scarcely walk. I then tried --* other physician and he told me my liver ,r»I out of order and that I had indigestion. V? save me treatment and I got some better tw» only for a short time. I then tried another or* who said I had chronJ.- indigestion, ulceration «• the lining of the stomach, torpid liver andki* ney affection. He treated me for more than . year and I felt much better but It did not la\t I then took to using several widely advertl^ patent medicines, but received no more thin temporary relief while using. I then tried Pierces medicines, using his 'Golden HmhTi Dlcovery. 1 Favorite Prescription" and «C 'Pleasant Pellets." and in two months' time 5 was feeling better than I had for years before t can truthfully say Dr. Pierces medicines did r4 more good than any I had ever takeat- COMMON* SENSE CURES. The logic of the cures effected by r> Pierces Golden Medical Discovery is easy to understand. Physical life is sustained by food. The strength of the body ts derived from the nutrition in food It is a natural conclusion that when the body and its organs grow weak it is be cause of failure to assimilate the nu trition contained in food. This is ex actly what occurs when there is disease of the stomach and its associated organs of digestion and nutrition. There is loss of nutrition with a corresponding loss of strength and lowering of vitality Physi cal weakness therefore points to disease of the stomach and digestive and nutri tive tract. When this disease is cured by "Golden Medical Discovery" perfect digestion and nutrition are re-established and the weak body becomes strong again "When commencing to take your •Gold en Medical Discovery.* " writes Mrs. Vir ginia F. Griffith, of Flattop. Mercer Co. W. Va.. "the doctors said I had chronic inflammation of the liver, stomach and bowels, also some kind of female trouble My neighbors told me after I got better that they thought I had consumption and no one thought I could get well. This was my condition when I first wrote to you. After being sick over a year and tak ing doctors' medicines and all kinds of patent medicine recommended, my stomach and bowels were in a bad condition, so that the lining of my stomach and bowels peeled off. leaving them as sore and raw as ever a sore could be on the sur fa.-^ of the body. Everything I ate hurt me so I could eat nothing but a little rice or an ez-» My chest was m ?o r « all through that when I would draw my breath it seemed like a thorn pricking me. Expectoration was almost con stant. There seemed to be a large lump in my T?ft side. It is impossible to describe all the aches and pains, as it seemed every crsran of my body was more or less involved. I nave taken nine dollars' worth in all of your medi cine, and consider myself a wejl woman." Sick people, especially those suffering from chronic diseases, are invited to consult Dr Pierce by letter free, and so obtain, without charge, th" opinion of a specialist on their ail ments. All correspondence strictly confidential. Address Dr. K. V. Pierce. Buffalo. X. Y. THE BEST MEDICAL BOOK FREE. Dr. PWce's Common Sense Medical Adviser, containing more than a thousand large paces and over TOO Illustrations, is sent free on re ceipt of stamps to pay expense of mailing «m/jf. Send ."'.l one-cent stamp* for the cloth bound volume or only 21 stamps for the book in paper cover. Address Dr. R. V. Pierre, Buffalo. N. Y. Nonce of Snmmons SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF ~ NEW YOrtK.— OMaaja nuiwuOi Plaintiff, agalzst G».->rs» C. ?p<"rry Arthur Pohwnr»r an.l Henry Mu'ler. De fendants. — gammon*. Plaintiff designate* the County sf New York as the '•.-.;!-.• where.n he desires the trial to l.« ! -\ 1 . To th* above-namei PefM-ianfs and each cf them: Ton ... h»r#by snmmnn«*.i to answ« r rh« ---mplatnt In this action, .imi •■• ««"rve a cr-py of your answer oaths r'.alntlfT* Attorney within Twenty >lav» after the servtc* of this ?urr.mr>ns. exclusive of the day cf service, and la case of your failure So appear, or answer. JuiTgm»nt will »■• taken a*aln.«t you t-y default. fir the relief demanded in ■*-- romplatnt. DiteJ New York. February 21?t. lO<tt. CHRISTIAN G. JIORITZ. rialntifTs Attorney. Office and !• »l Offloe Adlre3s. N>>. ZU Broadway. Bcr ; ough of M-jnhatran. Ne«- York City. r-< the Defendants Gkoana C Sparry tad Arthur I Srhw'Ter: The (nreeo;n(t summons is served upon you by I publication pursuant t.% .- onier of H"n. James | '.'.aatill I fr.» of the Justice* nf th* ?uprrm» Court of rhe Stat* ef i New Yrrk. .«.ated the Second .-•>■ of July. lnot. and KM ! wun the original complaint In the tftcm nt the C.ertt of th« County ■- '. >-■'■ York at the County Court Hew la th» li.-rough of ■• man, '*•.•:. •' New York, aa the tMrf I <!ay of July. 1901. CHRISTIAN G. M<">lttTZ. Plalnt'.fTs Attorney. Office and P'-st "(Tie* Al'-"- No 231 Bi oaduray. 'Bat '■ ©ugh of Manhattan. New Tort City. Q;rrnEMK COI'RT OF THE STATE OK • k NEW YORK.— William H. Reynolds. PHlnt!!T. inimt ] Pnmuel 1.. Merchant and Pa\i*f 11. Saunters. Defen-imr*. ' Summon*. TUintifT deMr«» trt.il In New Y^rk i>urrr. ! To the at-ove named Defendant* ami each of them: You *• . hereby summoned to answer the complaint in this »c?!ofl, . »r. i to, *erve a eo>r v "f your answer on the Pt.i'.ntlfT* At , torney within twer.tv d»y« after the s ervke cf 111 inni m >n.« exclusive of the day of tervi- c; and In case of yosr ' hi! tire to appear, or answer. Judgment will he ti'in '. aui:n*t yea by default, for thn rti'.e! demanicl in t* . complain 1. Puted N»w ■--:. June 2». 1001. UWVRBNCE& HUGHES. riaintlff> --*\t. ; Of!\c* and PtwtdtJe* Ad Ire?*. No, 12i> Broadway, Manhat tan. New v rk City. j To Samu>l L. Merchant ard r>i»i<l H. S>urder»: The for*, fro.ns aummen* Is »«tv«>l upon yoa !•>■ publication pursuant ' to an orrter of th^ Hon. J.ime* A. Baartant, % Justice cf . th.» Supreme Court of the of Now-Yirk. d;i:ed th» [ 22d day of July. IStOr. and tiled with the complaint la t>.» • .ittv-c of thw Clerk vt the County <.t New York, at t. 1 * . Count y Court House. I>ate.f New Twk. .'u!v C». J*«t. LAWRENCE A HCGHES. r'-aintiTf -■»>•». ; s;irui:\n-: COURT, NEW YORK COrNTT.- I W Marcus Dock and David C. Andrews. Plaintiffs, against : Emanuel A. Wlllard. Defendant. — Summons —To th# alv>v« I named Defendant: You are h?rer>y summoned lo answer th» j complaint in this action, and to serve a copy of your I nn>wer on the Plaintiffs' Attorneys within twenty d»yi after the service of this summon?, exclusive of the day ct service; ,m ' in raaa of your failure to appear, or answer, judnniont will be taken against you by default, for the relief demanded In the complaint. Dated July l'.tth. ISO*. RIDER ft SMITH. riainti?fs' Attorney* Office and rv?t Office address. Xi-j. C 7-?.> P'.na Str»«t, Manhattan. New York City. To the defendant. Emanucl A. WHJ-ird: The foregnlns mmm Is served upon you by publication, pursuant to an tor of the Hon. Jarres A. It!anch*rd. or.» of ths Justices of the Supreme Court el th« StaN it New Tirk. dated the JSlli .i<> of July. 1901. and f!!ed witS «!>• complaint In th* offtc* ct the Clerk of the County of New York in his office, in the County Court House, in tit* Borough rf Manhattan. City of New Yurk. In said Couatß en the Hir.» day. Dated NVw Y^rk. August t»h, 1001. RIDER a SMITH. Plaintiffs' Attorney* (MBre rind Post once address. NVs. 27-29 Pine Stwet N . » Y^rk City. - Public Xotuca. rpREASURY DEPARTMENT. Office cf th# romptrolMr <if the Curency. Washington. r». C. ,V: S u»t - 190 *;». Whereas. Py wttitseter* cv dence presented to t| undersicned. it has bcr. rr.a.ie to appear that The _"£ to extent! their corporau existence ana for other pm ■a »-■»■ J l^ the Currency, do hereby entity that "The Lir.M.n sa t!>-n.il Hank of the Cltv of No*- York." tn g» «-"?"; •X," York, In the County of New York, and State •*■»»■ York is authorized t"> have succession for th* pen™ specified In its imon.ied article .f a^wlatlon. natnrty. until clo*» of business on August 2. ISO. . rf In MMtmenj whereof wttiMM my hand and teal m fSff,. £?&Su! AU^ffi O. paw* l ' a - ' Comptroller ot th« Currency. (No. !•&) «ALE OF ADDITIONAL WATER WORKS k ecnei coß»tronws oavi, Ti*»y, n V ,- •*\lf"s\ I f"s .-.th isx.l Th« un.t«fi«rfl will r*e<-tv«. »e»l^! M - ) L," Uumss»4 <W»»« ««> the year tsiltf. They «re kno ™ r k-sS* ov »: ■ S^a^-^d^^H^U^S k, t-, . Uiv ir ..n : aay 01 Jan*. ••"'' * m bear mt*re»t «f the rate of three a« f"^* I ', l *?." th* r -r annum, payable seml-annually fmm «"?*':'£„ l , t date of ts»ue. Principal and Interest will be pay*"* th* office or the l-llv Treasurer In the >-••;> <* * r o> ._ # of M.I for IMS than par and accrued Interest to «•■• "™ %j., delivery of the bond, w.li be entertained N cti. =• of « award will be stven tn the MicceMfu. bidder as •22* mad*. LEnOT RICKERSOX. Comptroller. N. U. The City of Troy has no floating deM. and "?■ never defaulted on th* payment of Its principal or — - t*r*»t. __— "VOTICE.— By order of the Board of .Directors "*■ of th* Keystone Seal & Press Company. U:s!"A notice Is hereby given ct th* dissolution rt th* com?*-' by publication of the following certificate, to wit: State of New fork, office of th» Secretary of Mate. •*■- This certificate. Issued tn duplicate, hereby «<"£"** that th* Keystone Seal and Pres» Coßepaay. Limit • dcme»tlc stock corporation, has filed In this ones « this 31st d»y of July. 1901. papers for a voluntary d,»*£ lutL->n of such corporation under tectlcn 3* or la* »v* Corporation Law. and that it appears therefrom that "PJ corporation has complied with aaid section in order w "• dta»o v* W;tR m anJ th , M ,i of offlc. eft * Secretary of State at the City of Albany. tS. [Seat] thirty-nm day ** July, on* tbouaanJ - hunored^jndon*^^ M-poMorrt