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London. Aug. 8, 1 a. m. — Wednesday's .session
of Parliament Is ordinarily the least eventful of
the week, hut there were fwo unusual Incidents
yesterday- One was the passage of an address
of condolence to the King on the death of the
Empress Frederick. Mr. Balfour and Sir Henry
C airl p!.c!i-R.innerman each speaking in their
deepest tones and paring a heartfelt tribute to
the one •ho never ceased to be a British
princess.
>5 finnn :t» the resolution was adopted, without
a dissenting voice. Mr. Balfour proposed an
amended method of closure, by which the num
ber of divisions in the remaining votes on Sup
ply would be reduced from a hundred to less
than . ; dozen. Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman.
j(r. Redmond and Sir William Hareourt joined
in spirited protests against the automatic oper
ation of closure in shutting off both debate and
voting on the £48.000.000 required for Supply.
and the Ministers retorted by inveighing against
the tactics of the Irish and Radical members,
irfclch divisions had been forced at every turn
during the twenty-one days already devoted
to the disposal of the estimates. It was a char
acteristic scene in the House, which Is con
stantly striving to break up obstruction and ob
tain complete control of its time and business.
vet never succeeds in accomplishing its pur
pose. Each pot called all the others black, and
one leader and one faction after another was
held responsible for the mismanagement of
business and the waste of time. Mr. Balfour
In the end held his ground, and the new method
of closure was sanctioned. The remaining: ex
penditures of the government will be voted in
classes, and members will be deprive.! of the
privilege of tramping in and out of the division
lobby on every line in the supply. The weather
has again become sultry, and the members of
the Commons are exasperated over the delays
and inconvenience caused by ruction.
Mr. Redmond's reply yesterday did not lack
candor. The Irish members were bound to make
themselves disagreeable when they were com
pelled to attend si— lnns at Westminster against
their will and prohibited from legislating for
themselves in Dublin.
Preparations for the departure of Kini
ternaay are eaaspletad. Accomi
teen Alexandra and Princess Victoria, he
will leave Lonion to-morrow <-\»-nine; and I
erg in time to be present at th.- memorial
¦• which is to be hrM thf>n Bunday Ru
.T.re current that the reason why the de
ire of the royal mourners has been ¦!• I
¦ sa that the German poUoe authorities had re
i information Of a plot which the An
archists had intended to put Into execution at
Frledrichshof. It is certainly somewhat
niflcant that even now the exact hour of the
King's dtpanure has n.n i*-^n made known.
Considerable interest Is being taken here In
the Fteel strike. The general view is that the
rtrugple will not be of long duration, the re
sources of the n.. n not being sufficient to tm
aMe them to carry on a conflict for a lengthened
period. So long as the strike lasts, however.
it is believed that the situation must be a very
grave one for America, and In the event of a
general war between the organized forces of
capital and labor wounds will be inflicted on
the nation which will take long to heal.
The Scotch season has already begun, al
though the shooting on the moors is not yet
licensed. The rush of sportsmen and golfers
northward promises to be exceptional. Lord
Cromer will have a moor In Caithness, and
Cecil Rhodes already has a large party at Loch
Rannoch, with Dr. Jameson and Sir John Wil
lough as boon companions. Lord Mill is
almost the only lion in sight in London, and
he will soon be speeding southward. General
Baden-Powell has cantented himself with one
or two flying visits to London, and has avoided
showing himself to the crowds. There has lie<=n
little risk of the repetition of the vagaries of
Mafekir.g Nipht. r:nt husiasm over the most
conspicuous figures of the war was spent long
ago. There is no longer any disposition to cheer
for anybody. Military men assert that while
Baden-Powell was in the right place in Mafek-
Ing be was unfitted for the work subsequently
required, and that in one instance at lea h»
was responsible for the escape of a large force
of Boers when General Kitchener expected th«»
success of one of his best combinations.
I. N. F.
coy (i ;>> m \ •>¦ or \ v xexa tio v.
WHAT THE TOBACCO AND SUGAR MEN OF
CUBA WANT
Havana. Aug. 7.— The Union of Tobarrn Buy
•••of Havana was recently asked by the Mer
chants* Union to give an opinion as to the duties
levied in the United Ftates upon Cuban tobacco.
The reply was to the • n~- • i that duties on citrars
ehould be reduced to 1890 a pound, irrespective
Eof Value, and that the duties on wrappers and
fillings should i. reduced 20 and 2."> cents, re
•P*ctlvely, a pound.
A long preamble asserts that Cuba, if she
doe« not obtain concessions to which she has a.
Perfect right, in view of the fart that she is
Wider the economic as well as the political pro
tectlon of the Dotted States. should ask for an
nexation. "This the United States would grant."
**>• preamble goes on to say, "as it would be
to conformity with the desire of a majority of
**« American people. Thus the mi <i as Fill op-
Position of the sugar and tobacco Interests of
«• United States to granting concessions to
Cuba would only result in the ruin of those in
terests, since, with annexation. Cuba would have
**** trade, and this would mean the overthrow
* the sugar and tobacco industries !n the
¦Utei."
The Brazilian Consul-General in the United
fetes. Senhor Antonio F. Xavier. recently tele-
Cniphed the military government, asking that
Protection be given to Dr. Caldas, a Brazilian
*s>ic4an. who is now in Havana Investigating
«* causes of yellow fever. A reply has been
"*« that every courtesy will be extended to Dr.
Wdsa.
At to-day's meeting of the constitutional con
"won JU-fior Cisneros presented his resolution
¦M Sefior <i\\ lf .r K ti be called upon to explain
Metti « meant in his recent declaration that
Ir^T a " the evil £ enlUll of Cuba, or withdraw
"£» the convention.
he convention adopted a modification of the
tl'ude f expreesln * sympathy with the at
cca"« <* S flOr Clenero «. & ' a disapproving the
aei~T Seflor Glb « r m . bu^ at the name time
lr tv. ne that !t hßd no Power to go further
**• matter.
pHEyREBHINO(p HEyREBHIN O( REBTFUL. REASONABLE.
** £fl Bt. u% ' 1 ?? J t , came A"- A . veritable earn
~" . »»• Hu <2»°a Itlv»r Day Line Ada.— Advt.
HEINZE REPLIES TO A TTA CKS
DECLARES THAT HE MADE NO EFFORT
TO INFLUENCE JUDGE HARNEY.
Speaking yesterday with reference to the
charges brought in Montana against Judge
Hnrncy, of the Supreme Court of that State, In
which it is alleged that a Mrs. Brackett was
employed by F. Augustus Heinze- to influence
Judge Harney*s decision of the Minnie Healey
mine case in his favor, Mr. Heinze, who has
been In New-York since early In June, said:
1 know nothing about the accusations made
againiM cither Judpe Harney or Mr;. Brackett.
Mrs Bracket! never has been nor Its she now In
i. iv employ, and i v.e\<rr authorized Her to make
an) offers to Judge Harnei or anj one else in my
Internet. Mr- Brj .kott. r» very estimable lady,
was a committrr clerk during the recent session
of the legislature In January and February of this
year. Sho then .-Mr..- to Butte .••id opened an
ofPce there as :i .-ii.rr custom stenographer. Her
office was on the r..-.tne premises as t hose of Mr.
I'yc.irt the lawyer who claimed to have acted
as a go-between between her and Judge Harney.
and who claimed to have Intercepted some of her
letters.
The controversy between Mile* Pinlen and myself
with reference to the Minnie M. i!\ mine was prac
tically as to whether or n.<t the pr,. * i -, had been
turned over to me. Mr. Finlen In 1838. after Bpend
fntf J."-4.<"^» in trying t<> .'. lop !'-¦¦ prop, had
born unable to find anything" of value there, and
at a ei.".<Vr« nee at which there were thre< other men
besi'Us Mr. Hnlen ami myself agreed to turn me
property over to me. with the understanding that
if I should find anything which should justify me
in taking up his bond on the property, which was
for $100<iY> i would then repay him the 161.000
which he hnrt expended In a vain attempt to .lis
COVer value* there.
... iri.-il the three gentlemen besides myself
testified to this condition of affairs, and Mr. Fin
len's mine -superintendent and mine foreman also
testified that they had been ordered by Mr. Fin
len to turn the property over to nae, so that th ri
main point of controversy In the suit was testified
to by seven wit::.- 'Six of the» testified In
support of my contention, and only one. Miles Fin
lon, the plairitifT in the action, testified the other
V.'.'V.
A*n additional fact in connection with the con
troversy i< •'lit Mr. Finlen In Feruary last, after
offering to sell his rights In this controversy to m.
for $140,000 sold the same to the Amalgamated
Copper Company for that Msure. It la hardly con
ceivable that any one feolintr that he was in justice
and eq-jity csuitlfd to a property of very consid
erable value, like this, should be wiliinK to part
with his equities for so Inadequate .i considera
tion. I consider this entire iKit tlon results from
an attempt to bolster up an extremely weak case
for the purpose :>f making an attempt to produce a
record to use upon appeal. It is an extremely
vicious attack, and one that is surely doomed to
be unsuccessful.
nis wo/:/) AS mum AS HIS HOXD.
1/XERS PASSENGER HAD THAT RECOM
MENDATION. BUT THE JEWELS HE
DENIED HAVING WERE SEIZED.
Some of the hundred thousand odd tourists
that went abroad this year returned lant night
on the North German Lloyd liner Kaiser In
Maria Theresia. This advance su;:nl of the big
crowds yet to come back to the United States
numbered 348, and was made up of those people
who went to Euro] ¦ before the rush was on, and
by coming back now have escaped the rush
westward, which will be in full blast in a few
weeks. There were also 354 steerage passen
gers aboard the liner, which had a pleasant
voyage aero the Atlantic.
Special Treasury Agent Timothy Donahue,
while on the pier noticed Ludwig Meyer, of St.
Louis, acting strangely, and watched him. The
man came as a cabin passenger, and In answer
to the quest:. by the customs officers said
that he had ro piece? of Jewelry with him.
Donahue suspected otherwise, and when Meyer
was searched four gold watches, valuable oar
rings and other pieces of jewelry were found in
his possession. The articles were seized.
Two Of th" v. at. I.' ¦ are costly timepieces,
l.oing provided with musical attachment*.
Meyer, when he found that he was under BUS
picion, produced a letter si^nc-d by the chief of
Police of Breslau, Germany, citifying t hat Mr.
Meyer was an honest man, whose word was as
good as his bond. He was much put out when
the K r 'V"-rnment apeni said that be would have
to search him. and the undeclared valuables
were discovered.
The larpe.-t single party aboard the ECaiserin
Maria Thcresia was that i f th* family of Manu< 1
Eficand th* owner of rich minep in Mexico,
\vh<» makfs liis home in Paris. Not counting his
brother-in-law. Mrn:*iptior I<-- Due de Montellano,
who was also on th'- steamship, there were, iti
clurling the servants, twenty-three in Mr. Escan
d< n's party, and their baggage numbered nearly
T«» piece;;. The wealthy mine owner and the
Dur d* llontellano, whose home Is in Madrid,
v.ili travel to the City of Mexico in i special
train. Mr. Escandon on leaving hfs wife and
family there will return to Paris.
Justice : ,t. hell -i of the i national Tri
bunal of Egypt, on landing from the liner said
that while on th«- summer i ruiee of the Auguste
Victoria to the North Cape he met and had a
pleasant chat with the German Kmperor. Prior
to that the justice had been iii Germany, and
It Is hip "pinion the tariff bill now pending in
thai country will never become a law. The
measure, in order to please ail factions,
will have to l>e greitly modified, and the
stringent sections in it removed. The justice
said thinps are very quiet in Egypt at present,
and that while the bubonic plague exists there
there is no danper <>f the contagion attacking
persons who keep themselves clean. He c j
pectf to return to the other side of the At
lantic nest month, and will join his wife ann
daughter at Hamburg, and will then go to
Switzerland.
The i mte and Comtesse Mazza were also
aboard the Kaiserln Maria Theresls The
('nmio, who for some time had been the Italian
consul at Constantinople, was recently promoted
to the rank of general, and Is now on his
way to his new post, at Montreal, Canada.
Two young Englishmen, also cabin passengers,
are on their way to the Rockies and the North
west Territory in quest of mountain lions. They
are sir Randolph Baker and 11. H. Dutton. The
latter is the son of a wealthy Australian.
Other passengers on the Kaiserln Maria The
resia were Colonel C. Graham Bacon, Major
Padowetz. Professors B. B. Christy and Gustave
Faucheux and Frank Damrosch.
TELEGRAPHIC VOTES.
Chicago tug 7 —The Chicago Transportation
Company, with $2SO 000 capital, has been organized
b< „ for th- purpose of building and operating ste»-i
¦teamen for the lake grain trade. Charles I 'oun.
selrTjan, of this city, and K. B. Wilkinson, of Syra
cuse. N. V . were the organizers of the company.
Atlanta. Oa.. Au?. ".— Samples of are and gold,
accompanied by regularly attested affidavits, have
bean received in Atlanta, showing n. mark ably
ri'-h ¦;ik- .if gold in Wilkea County, near Wash
ington. Ga. The affidavits show thai out of 1,407
pounds of ore 1.781 pennyweights of gold were
taken by amalgamation. The State geologist will
jnake -'in official report on the mine in a few days.
Chicago, Aug. Lawrence M <3rtskin, a teacher
in theGaillstel School, at Kwlng-ave. and One-hun
dred and-fourth-st.. South Chicago, was killed last
i!i«hi by a live electric wire which fell from a post
H!i<l Struck him. Mr. McOriskin was fifty years
„|.i and a lea her of mathematics.
Chicago. Aug. The, steamer Northwest arrived
here to-day from Buffalo twelve hour* late, having
1 .., a .:•!.,¦• by an explosion in the boiler room
which iiij>:r<'i two men. The explosion was causer!
by the blowing: out of one of the boiler tubes. The,
engine ar.il lioilt-r : " >tns were filled with escaping
ste.'im.
Union City. Ind.. Aug. 7.— The Dayton and Union
Railroad had the first disastrous wreck In the
history of the road last night when a paduenger
train ran Into an open twitch In the yards in ihls
city an came Into collision with a southbound
train, Both «-ntrinea were reduced to ¦crap Iron.
A traveling man named Huckett, of New-York,
was seriously Injured and is not expected to live.
Several other passenKfrs were badly bruised.
Laurel. Del., Aug. 7.— Emery W. Rl«g!n. son of
E. 1.. Rlggln. a former Speaker of the House of
Representatives of Delaware, was fatally burned In
a flr*» that destroyed Klfe-gln & Son's carriage fac
tory this morning. Young itlggui was pr.>i>ari,y
the first to enter the building, and it la supposed
he was seised with an epileptic fit, as he was
found by the firemen lying between two ooflns on
the upper floor, roasted to a crisp.
THE DIRECT ROUTE TO THE FAR EAST.
la through Chicago and San Francisco, by the
Chicago and North-Weatern. Union Pacific and
Southern Pacific Railways. Particulars at North-
Western Lin* Office, 461 Broadway.— Advt.
NEW- YORK. THURSDAY. AUGUST S. 1901. -TWELVE p acteb — , _ *****.** t|
TAMMANY HOISTSTAX KATE
ASSESSMENTS ON REALTY INCREASED
BY MILLIONS.
THE PERCENTAGE WOULD HAVE BEEN
HIGHER. PAVE FOR UNEXPECTEDLY
LARGE BALANCES FROM THE
GENERAL FUND.
TAX RATE KOIt IBwi AXD i:m»;».
In
l!)l>l. IfHIII. UMIK
Man liiiliiin mill Ilron-v. . . -..'tl 7.'! £."477 ¦"'
itrooklyn - > .::s>r. i;.::^ii .«<5
(Inceiin U.::."570 - Ml4{ «»t
lUehitioml y/J*-'»»7 .13
The costliness of Tammany Hall municipal
control is verified by the new tax rate, officially
reported yesterday by the finance committees of
the Council and Board of Aldermen to the Mu
nicipal Assembly.
Assessed valuations on real " property have
been increased by millions of dollars, and other
millions of personal assessments have been
added to the rolls. These Increases should have
made the tax rate lower. Instead of that, there
is an Increase of seven cents on every ?I<K> of
assessed valuation for Manhattan and The
Bronx, six cents for Brooklyn, one cent for
Queens and Xi cents for Richmond.
These tax rate levies will produce the
$80,308,463, which is provided for in the budget
for 1901. . The amount rai-??d last year was
$80,923,699.
The valuation of real estate has been In
creased $69,000,000 since the levy of I'.mhi was
made, and that of personal property $ft4.ti17,01 I
The rate would have been higher all around but
for th.. somewhat unexpectedly large balances
In the general fund, making it possible to deduct
nearly $12,000,000 from the gross amount of the
budget of $118,096,413 43.
It is no secret In the Tax Department that
next year's budget will pass the $100,000,000
mark by a large margin.
The following statement shows the proportion
of the budget which is to be raised by taxation
at a uniform rate throughout the whole city:
Total budget leys appropriation for claim of
June* F Carey. . . ! . . . $08,096,413 4.1
!<'fs estimated revenues of the penera! fund - - , „
rs eertlfted by the Controller i1.787.M» 8a
Net !.•; -Is- ?to be collected by tax tX8.308.-M3 35
I-e.-s HKKreK.ite of county hudK.>t* tn be »cv- .
WHl!y laifed In the res-i.cvttve countlea ¦ 10.620 ¦• K.
Tax to he raided by a general rate throusli _
out the city 173.881 .«..>! 3..
The committees find the assessed valuation
of the personal estate of corporations. joint
stock companies or associations which have
been found to be exempt as follows:
-
I
>:: 78U.813, 17.': !n
property liable to taxnt
1 >:; i ; 7. "..".' '¦•'.• ¦._".• liable to
local ¦
tunty appi •• the fol
?i;it<" lav-.il county
Cntint!»»>. purp .¦•«¦*. vurpot+t TVmM.
New -York (Viinty.. *'..::!•">. '¦••"•*? *- •'» '•'"••' -""» *•.•••;. '"• *»
kins* County 1340,««T P3 I.OBI.MTM 5.«7.»43«
Q..,?™ <-„un.y 3U1.42A71 16Z45500 3*a.w» 71
Itichmond rrounty.. M.3M '-2 «.«'.•)<•! lOT.4g.rt <2
Ornn-l totaU . $«,03».(Bi 12 M.HM.MI 60 »l'».fiCo..W «
The assessmeni rolls for the current year,
transmitted to the Municipal Assembly on July
1. 100] show the following valuations by coun
ties:
Counties. n»«! <•»!*(• Personal Total*.
»w-Y«rk C0Unty..|2.425.9»T.01« »4VM'> :>'¦"< (2 •>«• .4«Y.'.71
KliiK? rnunty...;.. a-.s ;m',2. !K» M».241.«24 T45.3n5.743
Quorns fount y 107,170,020 10.52M10 1 1 •<¦"¦'.. 4.1«»
l'.l<hmnnd Oyjnty. . 42 ri.T.»,.VNt it.f.VVO. K,£>S.!M
GraiH totals $.1,^7.77>».2«'.l $.W> IM.rtlS *T7>>7.!>:n *.rr?
An extra tax of about $27,000 In the aggre
gate Is levied on the Twenty-3lxth Ward of
Brooklyn for flagging assessment*, about $34,000
on Flatbush for sewers, about £T»T«.000 on the
old town of Gravesend for sewers, and about
s:;-l.«««» on Flatbush for Platbush-ave Improve
ments,
The Municipal Assembly did not adopt the
tax rates as presented by the committee, but it
will do ;-. next wceK. Alderman Mclnnes, of
Brooklyn, gave notice thai in all probability
he would ..i! t- a minority report. This will be
for the purpose of debate, however, ns the Tam
m.'iny majority In each house Is large enough
to pass readily the repo-t as presented. Alder
man Ellas Goodman and Councilman Leich, of
the Finance Committee, did not sign the re
port
The Municipal Assembly will meet acain on
Wednesday next to adopt the report.
COST //I /. II /./An / \TR \ WORh
RESULT OF A CLERK'S FAILURE TO PUT
FIGURES IN THE PROPER COLUMN
-VACATIONS LOST.
Failure by m rlf-rk to carry out to Its proper
column the sum of 1449 54 caused five weeks of
extra work In balancing the books by the cler
ical force in the office of Colonel D. F. Austen,
Receiver of Taxes. When the discrepancy was
discovered it was decided f.i go over the f>?.:\
separate books, with upward of 100,000 entries.
find double check them. The error was found
after 583 books had been checked. On account
of the hot weather and the monotony of the
task, it was considered by the Finance Depart
ment , high price to pay for the Inaccuracy.
Controller Coler Insisted that the books be bal
anced.
The clerks engaged on the task virtually lost
most of the time, as there would have been
many long vacations if the books had balanced
the first week. The clerks In the office figure
that It cost about .•?:., 1.*7 in time to find the
error, as the office force of thirty was 1 us', on
the balancing for nearly the entire five weeks.
SURFACE CARS (RASH /V 77 VVA.7,.
ONE Rt'NS INTO ANOTHER, WHICH Ifl DIB
ABLBO PABSENOERB BL.IOHTI.T
INJURED.
A northbound Madlaon-ave, '-ar. while travers
liiß the tunnel in I'ark-ave., last ntwht broke
a whe.-i at F'orti. th st Th.- passengcn were
somewhat startled, but managed to aliirht un
hurt. AnnihiT car, which was liKht behind, in
charge of Roberi McPherson, the motonnaa, of
Nf 218 East One-hundred-and-eighteenth-st.,
and John Brodervllle, the conductor, of No. 251
Bast Seventy-seventh-st., crashed into tbe dis
abled '¦»:-, ;<r.d a j>ani.- ensued am'.nu the pas
¦stigers. The car i".-<t ;>art of it.^ dashboard, &nd
d< the rear platform of the car ahead.
It was a Closed car, and some of the windows
Were up. These were shattered, and pieces of
Klass flow In every direction.
James Yokel, of No. H-i Fourth-aye., was se
v-n-iy cut alxuit the nou?. and Mr?. R. J. Har
rison, of No. 11<> East One-nundred-and-six
t?enth-at.. and James Brode, of No. 18 East
One-hundred-and-tvventieth-*t., were somewhat
braised and shaken up. They v ere attended by
physicians living in the vicinity of the acci
dent.
POLAND! POLAND! POLAND! POLAND.
Pureet natural spring water In the world.— Advt.
Saturday Half Holiday Excurnion to New-Haven.
Going via Sir. CHESTER w. CHAPIN; return by
rait same evening. Hals $100. Sea Adv.— Advt.
MAJESTIC TWICE AFIRE.
t-ittit: klazf thovoht to be extin
guished drives passengers
from luncheon.
The steamer Majestic arrived al her pier yes
terday a f tern. ion. with many notable passengers
on board. At ."» o'clock in the morning smoke
was set n issuing from the linen room, in the
" 'tween deck" section. The crew were called
to quarters, and the tire apparently was extin
guished. At 10 o'clock, however, as the passen
gers were at luncheon In the saloon, clouds of
pungeni smoke rolled in. causing them to beat
;> hasty r<-treat to the promenade deck. The
crew were again called to quarters, a. single
line of hose was attached to one of the fire
pities, the plank floor of the linen room was
torn i;p ;ind the smouldering fire was thorough
ly extinguished. The linen had been previously
t 'moved, so no great damage was done.
There are two theories as to the origin of the
fire. One is thai the metal over the boilers, be
coming overheated, ignited the plank floor of the
linin room. The other is that the fire resulted
from defective insulation >^f an electric wire.
The officers of th. ship say that the pass-ncers
behai 1 admirably throughout the sltpht scare,
and that there w;is not the least confusion.
Among the passengers was John D. Rocke
feller, jr.. who. accompanied by K. Colby, sailed
on th«- LucaniS <>n June 2t». .md has since been
coaching in Devonshire, has visited the Isle of
Wight and been present at several of the re
pattas -it Cowes. Mr. Rockefeller denie.) abso
lutely the rumor th;it his father had bought a
targe estate in England.
A number of a< tors were on board, among these
being Rowland Buckstone, H. J. farvill and A.
R. Lawrence, of B. H. Sothern's company;
James T. Powers, who, with his wife. Miss
Rat hael Booth, has been at Hamburg rewriting
The Messenger Boy" for the American stage;
a F Roeder, who Is with David Belaseo; J.
W Rumsey, of Daly's Theatre, and H. A.
Smith.
CUTS His FAITHLESS WIFE.
ITALIAN HUSBAND EXULTS AS HE DE
STROYS HER BEAUTY WITH A RAZOR.
Dominico Dlmonda, an Italian, tlfty-six years
old, cut bis wife in front ol No. 71 Mott-st. last
night, severing her nose from her fa c ~e and
ng terrible wounds on her scalp <md
utor. He would bare killed h-r
nol Policeman Walter Abraras, of the
¦ station, Interf ¦¦. ¦d.
Dtmonda and his wife were married in Italy
- .• was a beautiful type of her
• ;',:\\ a -. iir afterward she eloped to
this country with am ther Italitn. Th.-y livd
at No Urn Mott ¦
Din ¦ ill it his yuntr
. ¦'. it was nearly
.hen h>- landed, an.l besan to
.\ few nays ago h»- dls
| He hir>vl a room
He met his wife <>ne day.
The woman knew that ho meant to harm rvr
and she screamed. Neighbors came and Dl
monda fled.
She did not see him again, and thought that
she was safe. Last night she went for a walk.
When In front of No. 74 Mott-st. she heard
footsteps hind her. and, looking around, was
confronted by her husband. He lifgan to slash
h<-T. cryltvK OUt that he whs avenged, and that
her beauty would never attract body hare
after.
A l'lg crowd collected, but before any one
could lend a hand to save .he oman I >lmonda
hn>l slashed her several times. The first blow
of the rasor cut h?r nose off. and ay she fell
to the sidewalk the Infuriated husband bent
over h^r and cut again and again it her. There
were thr«'-* ugly wounds on her tcalpj, and th.'
thumb on h»-r ri^ht hand waa almosi severed as
she marie nn effort t<> ward off th.- blows.
When Polio man Abrams came up Pimonda
submitted meekly and turned over the razor
to the offlfT. The woman, though weak from
loss of Mood, followed .... station, and
there waited until the ambulance from th»»
Hudson Street Hospital arrived. Or. Corwin
put eighteen stitches in the nan's hand and
twice as many In her scalp Ibe ambulance
surgeon said that she might die. and hurried
h r to the hospital.
SIGN. \ L M \ HER BURNED.
WHILE WOTIKINO WITH CHEMICALS AN
EXPLOSION OCCURS AND RETS FIRE
TO his CLOTHING.
William F. Coston, the signal manufacturer,
of West New-Brighton, Staten Inland, lies In the
Smith Infirmary, :it New- Brighton. Injured by
an explosion whlcti occurred In his factory yes
terday.
Mr. Cofiton occupied a two story frame bulld
inK on the went side of Bemont-ave., where for
years he has carried on the business of manu
facturing the Coston Signal Light used by
ocenn going vessels. He mixed the chemicals
himself, and employed two girls In the packing
and finishing department.
Yesterday Coston was In the mixing room, on
the ground floor, and the two girls. Miss Gun
ning and Miss Baxter, were in the packing
room. Coeton took some chemicals from the
receptacles In which they are stored and was
preparing them for the cages or tubes for the
signals, when there was a flash and an ex
plosion.
<'ost<in was thrown to the floor, stunned and
bleeding, and some paper in the room took fire
and Ignited his clothing. The windows in the
building had been shattered by the force of the
explosion, and the draught caused the fire to
spread. The names from the explosion went
Into th.- room where the girls were at work, and
singed their hair, and they ran from the build
ing, followed by Coston. The neighbors,
alarmed by the noise, quickly gathered about
th.> building, and an alarm summoned the fire
men, who paved the house of Mr. Coston near
by, but the factory was entirely consumed, en
tailing a toss of 12.000.
In the mean time Coston had been taken to
the house of a neighbor, and Dr. William J.
Bryan ordered bis removal to the Infirmary,
where his injuries were attended to. The fire
had burned his face and head, and his hair was
burned to the scalp. It Is feared that his eyes
have been badly injured. Dr. Bryan said that
Cotton might recover if he had not inhaled the
flames, but he was unable to tell how serious
were his Injuries.
The explosion, It Is thought, was caused by
friction as the chemicals used la the prepara
tion of the signals are highly explosive and the
least friction will cause them to ignite. There
have been many small explosions and two seri
ous ones In the works within a few years.
IS KASSAS INSTEAD OF ST. HELEXA.
Topeks*. Kan.. Auk. 7.— Thomas Aderhold reached
his home here to-day, direct from the Transvaal,
where for elKht months he had been ministering
to the sick and wounded Boers as a Rod Cross sur
geon. He went to South Africa with the Irish-
American hospital corps of Chicago. Mr. Ader
hold says the Doers are as far from defeat now
apparently as a year ago. and that they are con
fident of winning. His return Is due to being capt
ure- by the British and betns sent from the coun
try. The English were bitter against those aiding
the Boers, and only by persistent efforts of the
American consul was Mr. Aderhold permitted to
escape a term at St. Helena.
WIDE VESTIBULES ON THE PENNSYLVANIA
RAILROAD TRAINS.
All through trains or the Pennsylvania iVillreftd
are equipped with Improved wide vestibule ears.—
Advt.
PLANNING STRIKE (lAMPAI(iX.( I AMPAI(iX.
BOTH MANUFACTURERS AXD LABOR LEADERS SAY IT
WILL BE A FIGHT TO A FINISH.
ONE BIC MILT. OPEXED AXD AXoTIIER <L<>>K[>.
The chief developments in the steel strike yesterday were tbe opt wing ofl
the Clark plant in Pittsburg with non-union men and the closing ol the New-
Castle plant by the Amalgamated Association.
Both the steel manufacturers and the labor leaders express n determina
tion not to yield, and say that overtures for a settlement must come from the
other side. The policy of the United States Steel Corporation, it is said, will
be to open its mills gradually and as quietly as possible with non-union men
The strikers have refrained from any acts ol violence or disorder, and the
police of Pittsburg say they expect no serious trouble.
It became known in YVall Street that the officials of the United State> Steel
Corporation are satisfied with the strike situation, and believe that the lockout
will not be greatly prolonged. The strike, it was said, will enable them to
carry out certain plans for readjustment of properties without embarrassment.
OBEYING SHAFFER'S ORDER
STRIKE AT SHENANGO PLANT OF TUBE
COMPANY— CLARK HOOP MILL RE
SUMES OPERATIONS.
(BY TELEGRAPH TO Tire tbibi 1
Pittsburg. Aug. ".—Newcastle workmen were
the first to obey the second strike order of Presi
dent Shaffer. Eight hundred men employed at
the Shenango plant of the National Tube Com
pany quit work to-day. Of these about three
hundred left the plant at midnight. By mid
night Saturday Newcastle, with twenty-two
thousand population, will scarcely have one
thousand men at work.
The Republic Iron and Steel Company is al
ready being drawn into the conflict. It is the
only concern that has a clause in Its contract
with the Amalgamated to the effect that work
must he continued until a dispute is settled. The
Republic company is making iron skelp for the
United States Steel Corporation's tube plants.
This caused a serioas discussion at Amalgamat
ed headquarters to-day. Republic officials say
they have contracts that must be filled If they
.an operate their plants. Amalgamated officials
insist that no material must be furnished to the
steel corporation. The question will he taken up
again when the mills are closed next week. If
the Republic insists on supplying the skelp. a
strike will be ordered. More than three-fourths
of the employes of the Republic company are
members of the Amalgamated.
Captain Lewis T. .Brown, superintendent of
the Carnegie mills. Pittsburg. and the Clark
» hoop mill, which adjoin each other, started No.
3 and the 12-inch mills at daylight this morning.
He arrived at the Clark plant at 4 o'clock, pre
pared to set the rolls himself. He and Theo
dore Shaffer worked together in the same mill
years ago. Brown smuggled his men In early
without having to adjust the rolls, an old roller
accepting the place. He soon rolled out piles
of hoops, placing them in front of the gate,
where the strikers gathered to criticise the
product He called them In by name, invited
them to look at the hoops, and they were de
clared satisfactory. Captain Brows says he will
start two more mills In the morning. Out of
twenty-five men applying for work to-day he
engaged sixteen. \V. M. Gibson, lee-presi ient
of the first district of the Amalgamated, vis
ited the mill and said that only one white man
was at work, the remainder being negroes.
ALL EYES ON CARNEGIE WORKS.
All eyes are turned on the Carnegie mills. At
other plants of the corporation it is pretty wen
known how the men stand, but the Carnegie
mills are an unknown quantity. It is admitted
by both sides that if the Carnegie mills can bo
closed the corporation is defeated. In conver
sation with six workmen of the upper and lower
union mil's this evening they all agreed that
one If not both of the plants will close and 'he
men will obey Shaffer's order Saturday nisht.
Superintendent Brown says he has canvass' d
them an. l found twenty in the lower ml and
six In the upper that are in symoathv with the
strikers Both these mills make merchant Wteei
and light structural shapes, They wet i-> th
closed during th-« Homestead -trik*. th« men
going out in sympathy. Few of the <triker» -\-r
returned to work at the plants.
MrKeesport people fear trouble, and have re
quested the corporation not to attempt lo star!
the Wood mill next week The town is entirely
run by strikers and their friends, and the Mayor
is opposed to non-union workmen. Six carloads
of pig iron were unloaded at the Wood sheet
plant last night. The clerks admitted that a
start would be made. On several occasions
bloodshed has narrowly been averted, the tem
per of th.> workmen being fierce, as the major
ity are foreigners.
.4 7' STRIKE HEAPWARTERS.
AN ADVISORY BOARD OF LABOR LEAD
ERS MAY ASSIST PRESIDENT SHAFFER.
Pittsburgr. Auc 7 — Amalgamated headquar
ters were quiet to-day. The officials of the or
ganization were busy attending to routine busi
ness and getting out material for the various
local lodges of the association that have been
organised In the last few weeks. A report was
received early in the morning from New-Castle
announcing that the order for the strike had
been obeyed to th* letter and the strikers were
out to a man.
One of the most Interesting factors of the
strike is beginning to develop.' It was Intimated
that a plan Is on foot for the formation of an
advisory board for the purpose of aiding Pres
ident Shaffer in carrying on the struggle, which
will be composed of the presidents of the vari
ous trade organizations with headquarters in
Pittsburgh such men as President Burns of the
Window Glass Workers* Association. President
Ki:nzler of the Flint Glass Workers. James
Pryal. national secretary of the Structural Iron
Workers" Association; Patrick Dolan. of the
United Mine Workers, and any others who can
be brought together. This board would, it was
argued, prove a powerful factor In carrying the
weight of public opinion with the strike, and
perhaps give far more substantial support to
the organization than by any Dther means.
A rumor was current to-day that President
Shaffer was to leave Pittsburg m another mys
terious trip East. Mr. Shaffer denied this, and
said he would not go away, but would be in
Plttiibunr for the re3t of the \v?ek. He said. he
might go to New-Caatl» on Friday night to
address a meeting of the strikers there. To
morrow night he will apeak to the men in Law
renceville. and on Saturday he is billed to
speak at the Amalgamated picnic in McKees
port. It Is Intimated that President Gompers
of the American Federation of Labor will be
among the .-speakers at- the meeting.
BIG STEAMER ORDERED FOR LAKE TRADE.
Cleveland. Ohio. Aug. 7.— W. A Hawrgood to-day
placed an order with the. American Shipbuilding
Company for a new steel steamer, to coat IT '•
The vessel will ba 6,000 tons capacity, and will enter
the ore and grain trade next yf*r.
THE PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD'S POSITION.
Ever at the front or the railroads of the country.
-Us Limited lead, tho line.— Advl.
PRICE THREE TENTS.
DRAWN BATTLE SO FAR.
STEEL CORPORATION PREPARING TO
START MILLS WITH NON-UNION 'MEM
—NO INDICATIONS OF DISORDER.
[By The Associated Pr»? I
Pttsbur*. Aug. 7.— ln the big steel strike
honors are easy in this section to-nlsrht. The
Amalgamated Association succeeded in closing
down the big: steel plant at Newcastle, and the
manufacturers partially broke the strike at
the Clark mill. In this city. Neither side is
exulting; nor Is there any expression of dis
couragement. Victory or defeat of either at
this early stage of the warfare can have little
effect beyond Indicating the probable line of
battle to be pursued by each side.
Up to this hour not the slightest trouble has
occurred at any point in this immediate terri
tory, and Amalgamated men are correspond
ingly happy, because this condition would seem
to be the carrying out of the association's new
departure in the handling of strikes. The quiet
waiting of the strikers may be one of the sur
prises hinted at by the national officers. From
one or two points the strikers are reported as
restless and eager for action, but so far they
have kept faith with their leaders and refrained
from committing any breach of the peace.
Recorder Brown does not believe there will
be any disorder in Pittsburg on account of the
strike. If there should be disorder, he says,
it would be the duty of the police to suppress
It and arrest all who are concerned in it. He
remarked that there would be no discrimina
tion between strikers and employers, and that
ail are equal under the law and will be so)
treated.
STEEL CORPORATION'S PLANS.
The United States Steel Corporation, it was
learned to-day from an official source, will at
once proceed In a systematic manner to start
its closed sheet mills. oak!n; the non-union
plants of the Kiskiminetas Valley the cradle
where strike breakers will he trained and then
sent out to the mills th.it are closed.
So far as President C 31 Schwab is con
cerned no overtures will he made by the cor
poration to the workmen. In I talk with a
Pittsburg man in New-York yesterday he said:
We- have mailf oar font proposition to the
%m»lsa»iatr<l \->-ix-iu tion. ami will ai i W
proirnl to Mart our nurki.
President Shaffer makes this counter state
ment:
The next proposition n«n*t rome from the
I'nltril Statin Strrl Corporation official*.
Thus the two executives stand. It seems as
If only outside efforts can 'orinE: them tns^th-'r.
The steel company's official's havp decided to
X" ahead slowly in the matter of starting mills
and to do so with M little publicity as possible.
The strongholds of the sheet company ar* the
mills at Vandergrift. the largest in the country;
i Leechburs. Apollo and Steottdafe It has b*»en,
decided to take as many skilled men away from
these places as possible without retarding opera
tions there, and start thf» miUs where there is
i the least danger of an outbreak. Tri* places Wt
vacant at the mills mentioned win be filled with
men deserving promotion, and better places will
ibe given to them. This move will be under
taken slowly and with caution. The plan
1 further tonteniyteiea that Tfter a time many of
i the strikers will return when they s»» one aft^r
another of the closed mill- restiminz operations.
This plan was tested the first few days of
this week, and found to be feasible ?r> far as
the mills at Hyde Park and WeOsrille are con
cerned, and it has beer, derided to adopt it so
far as the sheet and hoop mills ar* I him hi—
IN' THE TINPLATE MILLS.
Plans for starting the closed tinplate mill*
have not been completed. In this branch the
situation Is different. The tinplafe company
has only six of its 232 roll trains going. while>
the sheet company ha« a few less than half.
The officials of the Amalgamated Association
say that this move will in a measure play into»
thetr hands. At McKeesport. President Shaffer
said that he himself would lead men from
Vandergrift Into the Wood mill The officials
feel that If they can get the Vandergrift men
away from their environments there little
trouble will be found in bringing them into the
association. •
In discussing the move. Assistant Secretary
M. F. Tighe said: .'
That effort will not extend very far. because
there are only a few skilled men available, and
before enough can be trained to operate mills
snow will fly pretty thick. A move of that kind,
might be attempted In Bessemer or open hearth,
steel mills, but in a sheet mill, where the skill
required Is of the highest order, the plan can
not do anything but ultimately fail a sort of
a showing may be made for a time, but it will
not last long.
The action of the structural iron workers In
the present strike was tersely outlined to-day
by J. W. Pryale, secretary of the Bridge and
Structural Iron "Workers. He said:
There are no union mills making structural
steel or iron, and our men have been working
the material furnished them, and will continue
to do so. If there was one union mill making
the material used by us we would possibly act
differently. I took this matter up with Presi
dent Shaffer two years ago. but be did not see
then of what benefit an alliance with our or
ganization would be to the mill workers.
Joseph Bishop, secretary of the Ohio Board of
Arbitration. is in town, and is visiting several
of the steel officers. It is said, In the interest of
another conference. He refused to- discuss his
movements, saying he was here on other than
the steel organization's affairs.
SCRAMBLE FOR SHEETS AND PLATE 3.
The continuation of the strike and the fact
that It is to be attended to greater proportions
augurnented the scramble that has been going
on In Plttsbuxgr for two weeks to secure sheets
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arrive Huftalo. via New-York Central. Che*. Pay"
American ticket* *re good by this route.— a!v.