V" L LXIII----X 0 20.631. MARROQUIN RESIGNS. "REYES TO SUCCEED HIM. Colombia's Action on Canal May Be A ccted by Change. Panama. May 11. — It Is reported here that President Marroquin has been compelled to re p:cn office on account of political troubles, and that- General Raphael Reyes. President Desig r.ado of Colombia, •will assume the Presidency. Friends cf Use canal are anxiously awaiting confirmation cf this report. A dispatch from Panama dated yesterday said The convocation gf the Colombian Congress for June 30 was believed by those acquainted with goverrment affairs to mean that President Mar roquin v.ap confident of having sufficient sup yort io assure approval of the canal treaty. General Raphael Reyes returned to Colombia last -rch from Mexico ("ity. where he repre sented Colombia at the second international con f^asswe r>* American States. In an Interview at Colon he spok* guardedly on the matter of the Hsy-Herran convention, and was not disposed •-. discuss the probability of its ratification by th* Colombian Congress. He seemed to have reason to believe that the recent interpretation of the United States of its obligatory rights to maintain free transit across The isthmus and itf manner of enforcing these r-.phts had created a very unfavorable impres sion throughout Colombia. He said the politi cians who would be called upon to decide the 'a'e of th* canal would not be likely to forget the humiliating ncidents which occurred during vhe recent Insurgent hostilities on the isthmus. General Reyes, however. In no way expressed himself as opposed to the construction of the canal by the Vnited States. 3JOT CONFUHIID IN WASHINGTON. Jut Marroquin's Resignation Would Not Surprise Officials. Washington, May 11.-No confirmation has t**n received here either by the State Depart ment or by the Colombian Legation, of the re- Ported resignation of President Marroquin of Colombia, on account of political troubles. Such r step en the part of the President, however. « sjM not be surprising, as he is nearly eighty j,,,, old. and is of a quiet and retiring disoo sition. The understanding here has all along >.een that President Marroquin is favorable to the ratification of the Panama Canal treaty; in fact it was under his instruction.- that Dr. Herran. Colombian Charge d Affaires here, nego tiated the treaty with the State Department. Th* determined and persistent opposition to the tr*ay which ha* manifested itself in many parts of Colombia, it i* surmised, probably has in «ueneeorted to have taken. SKETCH OF GENERAL REYES. Genera! BSfIW, ••* is reported to have |CUr " ceeded to the Presidency of Colombia, is one Of the wiLown «en in South Am^ric^ A. . soldier iTcwe* his reputation larßelyto a . remarkaWe - «H«*"or""eit>JsraiioE« la "tit* " reglon-«U'f i '' -the A?d« For s*v*ra! years he. has beer, broken ln v«aith. and hi* residence in Mexico ha« be-n partly lZ to hia ill health. As far back ss December. 3ia -wWle th« revolutlo was still In progrese. It Zi& several times reported that Reyes was -about •rv return to Bogota, and both faction* reemed reafir to receive him. H!s failure to take advan tage' of tU» opportunity is believed to hava greatly •Kreakeaed his prestige- In fact snanv Colombians hold the opinion that s:l* title to the office of President Designado has l»Tj«ed. A President Designado is named by each Co-mw/and stands next to the Vlce-PreMdent In succession. A* San Clemente. the man elected Pre-ident. is dead, and Dr. Marroquin. the \ ice- Pfesldent. is reported to have resigned. Reyes •*-«ul-« "tayed In Havana long enough to k^TT conference with J. P Morgan. It was al tUxrard reports that his conference had no rrf irSc^to thY canal treaty, but there is considerable tea^n to believe that General Reye 8 views the canS project with much less favor than formerly. OPPOSITION TO CANAL TREATY. Three Elements in Colombia Said To Be Against Ratification. Washington. May II -rHI.»e advice* .from M element antagonizes the feature . « -he fnited perpetual — to*. *" oh*r urges that the indemnity and annuity are £ sclent, and the third element «««, , of spirit, who fear thav with the Snt-. srrength will be *» increased as .._ i „^ of succe^ from any revo- SLTirU— - charg, -rfaire. „£■ 1, -ithow offld.l information regarding other matters as may be laid before u> ■I Ip* government ts tne n» l Z«*r before the Colombian Congress and §■■ dttion. ■■11l • reP ° rt |^n««Sto the Colombia.. «mm Canai Company h 'f * "i 000.000 th« company Government »12.O00.<»O of th ' *J^ for the canal U to r^elve Jf/i & Cromwell, -Id »Kggg cr tl_i ccte. . _ - — . — cpEED-SArETT-ETTI'E The P«a,yl«nl* *^&2^£Su of «achin* t conv^nS^rt and « om "?^ 1 official «teno«rapnerjn Chicago or St. I«qsi*»» ■"■'* , - — board.— -A-tfvfc . - Fair. Fair, ltjrht, >nrinb|p wlndt, to-tnorron. GERMANS FOR FUSION. PRESEXT UXIXVITED. Preliminary Plans for Campaign Made at Harmonious Meeting. The representatives of the various anti-Tam many organizatlors which lor TheVonference did not last more than fj ftA n The conference did not last more than fifteen or twenty minutes. A motion was made by Robert C Morris, chairman of the Republican County Committee. Manhattan, that a commit tee be appointed consisting of one member from each of the organizations represented at the conference, to decide what other organizations should be Invited, and to extend invitations to the same, subject to unanimous action, rn\* motion was carried without opposition. Francis C. Huntington i»oi»ed that adjourn ment be taken to a date to be fixed by the com mittee on invitations to the various organiza tions for permanent organization, and that at that meeting adjournment be taken to Septem ber 1 or such date as the chairmen of the or ganizations present might agree on. It was further embodied that the committee on invita tions select some date between now and June 1 f °Th?'fol™ri2j!*dele*ate« were named as the committee on invitations: Citizens Union New - ToTk County. R. Fulton Cutting: Citizens Union. Sngs A. J. Boulton; Citizens Union Queens. Tohn Weed; Citizens' Union. Richmond. Arthur M Harris Republican. New-York County. William H Ten Eyck; Republican. Kings Jacob wr*nn™- Republican. Queens. George Ripper 21? Republican . Richmond. R- W. J\f/ Bon ' rrea'er New- York Democracy. New-York pun s' John C. Sheehan: Queens. William Moore; 44 l hmO^4Jr h uT a^r^ 11 a CC r GG d r " y ald the meeting J^%e^he"pful to the organization of the ? movement Two years ago the pro fusion movement the same, and he thought & rTh% was b more auspicious occasion; he , tha JJ forward to a successful campaign looked Torwßr ' l f Robert C. Morris's resignation Tne quest on of r Republican County Commit- JJ.PJ2 'Stouckd on. Senator Platt said .ast night: -t,on of a successor for Mr. Morrl* h ; B T Sot Q been d^d'ed upon. a*d will not be for Borne time." %V- »-.*« nursery insures pleafin* — AA\U nSw-YORK. TUESDAY. MAY 12. 1903. -SIXTEEN -.rr^^^,^.^. EMPLOYERS JOIN TO WAGE WAR TO ISSUE CALL FOR MASS MEETING TO ACT OX STRIKE AND BUILDING TIEUP CRISIS. Subzeay Excavators Defy John B. McDonald's Ultimatum . and Fote to Stay Out Six Months— Their Places To Be Filled. XO MORE SUBWAY DELAY. Strikers Must Return To-morron: or Places Will Be Filled. An unimatum to the subway strikers was de livered yesterday by John B. McDonald. In unmistakable term* he announced that the strikers must return to work by to-morrow morning, or their places will be filled by other laborers. The refusal of the Italians to return to w-irk pending arbitration of their demand for increased pay caused Mr. McDonald and his sub-contractor? to declare that If the men refuse after to-morrow morning to work at the wages they have been receiving, the subway work will start again, and the workers will be pr 'lectefi. Last night, after hearing this final word, the strikers reiterated their intention to stay out. Mr. McDonald and his sub-contractors were not willing to disclose their plans for obtaining laborers if the strikers should decide to stay out. They intimated that they would employ any men who were willing to work. Some said they had many already engaged. It is believed that some of the sub-contractors have made ar rangements to employ negroes, who will be sent here by Southern employment agencies, because Italians would be intimidated by their striking countrymen. Mr. McDonald had a conference in his office in the Park Row Building with the committee of the Central Federated Union which agreed last week to arbitrate the strike with the under standing that the men should go back pending arbitration, and the committee presented a com munication it had received from Paolo Capoc ciomo, secretary of the Italian unions, that they had decided not to go back to work on the sub way pending arbitration. This, however, was not to be considered as rejecting arbitration. Mr. McDonald promptly dictated his ultima tum, which hau the full approval of the sub contractors present, and a copy of it was de livered to the committee. It was addressed to the committee and their "recently added as sociates," and read as follows: A«= it is very evident that in the pledge of your word, as a committee, and by your written agree ment you do not represent or bind the labor or ganizations, you will see that it is entirely futile to carry on any future conferences, -for the rapid transit work is a public necessity and wiil not ad mit of further delay. If the laborers who were receiving the largest wages for the shortest working hours in any country under the sun, and who, aided largely by your indorsement, quit work on the Rapid Transit Railroad on May 1. do not return to work on or before Wednesday mornlnß. May 13. I notify you that, while tne employment of labor is entirely in tne hands ot my sub-contractors, other men who are willins to work will be put in their places, and 1 sbv now to you most emphatically, not as a threat but as a warning, that even in only one man wishes to work he shall be protected to the full extent of our power ajcalnst violence, riotinK. immr t.ren-ktng-am* W»w rreMient. — ■ -■'-■ - The committee then ent to the office of John J. Pallas, at No. 91 Centre-st.. where they h<*ld a formal meeting, after which James J. Hol land and Mr. Pallas, accompanied by repre sentatives of the Team Drivers'. Union, went again to Mr. McDonald's office to confer about the grievances of the teamsters. The proposi tion made to the Italians was made to them, that their union should make application to come in under the general agreement made two years ago between the Central Federated Union and the Contractors' Protective Association and go to work pending arbitration. The committee left the office with apparent good feeling, but none of the members would say anything except that a meetinz of the teamsters would be held to-night to act on the proposition, in Tecumseh Hall, in East Thirty third-st. It was said by one of the sub-contractors that the hiring <>f laborers to take the places of the strikers had already begun. Wiiliam Bradley, who has the section of the subway from Six tieth-st. to One-hundred-and-third sts., was said to have hired two hundred. McMullen & Mcßean. who have the section from Gerard-ave. to Brook ave.. have 260 men, and the Degnon-McLean Contracting Company, having the sections in cluding Forty-second-st.. City Hall Park. Park Row and Elm-st.. 130 men. About four thousand of the Italian strikers met early yesterday at their headquarters. No. 2,229 First-aye., and listened for three hours to harangues by thHr leaders. They voted to keep up the strike for six months, if necessary. They launched a new cry . . "Eight hours' work, eight hours play, eight hours' sleep and ?2 for every day we work." The English speaking strikers met at Fifty fourth-st. and Tenth-aye. and voted to remain out until their demands were granted It was quiet along the subway yesterday, but the police guards were strong there At Sev enty-second-st. and Broadway. Bradley s sec tion fifty men were put at work. The strikers had 'pickets near by. hut they succeeded in get ting only six colored men to quit. Those who remained ate their luncheons in the trench. Subway contractors said last evening that General Greene had promised full police protec tion against strikers, and that work would be resumed in earnest to-morrow. They said they expected to get workers among the Italians in the city ho were not in the union, although many of the men were more afraid of violence at their homea than at the subway. Th- Italian strikers held a meeting last even ing in their hall at No. 2.229 First-aye Pacelli, their president, announced the result of the con ference in Mr. McDonald's office in the after noon The Italians voted to continue the strike rndefinitelv. Their leaders declared that then, : would be no violence, and that they would seek : only hv peaceful means to win to their organiza tion men who went to work in the subway. It was SaM that meetings would be held daily at the hall to keep the strikers away from the subway. RICH WOMAN IN CRASH. Runaway Horse Throws Mrs. A. S chef id's Team in Park. WUttaßi J. Rollins, of No. 148 DeKalb-ave.. Brook lyn said to be a member of Troop A. was riding on 'the bridle path near Ei hty- s! xth- t.. in Central Park yesterday afternoon, when his mount threw him and ran to Ninety-slxtb-st.. where he earns into collision with a teani attached to a victoria occupied by Mrs. Adolph S'.'heftel. wife of the wealthy leather merchant, of No. 20 East Fifty seventh-st. One horse dislocated his right shoulder SS SS.*g?^K Bfci-ffi'JSßf r; -«r gsWW •fflBS.-S B t. broke through the tre* w^ wH! . Tnwded with the East r "V>: n , *? e n,,ipag«* The horse dashed numerous fashionawe equip f Schefte ß victoria. —gy. against, th o f th? hor.ee down and falling throwing both o. k no ' B himself, from the sh '<£ d j and , erf . knn k . The hanm ***gif«s StS that ther* was to in* the carriage f t nar bSiSss Ker for Mrs. j* en *";'* the p,^ before her coach out of the carrlaje "A^aTunlnJured. She im man could aid her. She Tf" v imbulance Bent k'ori"wa7no««?. n^SJ Billn.'. -In-I He waa captured fti»a beta. _._-———••*' - •■■ STRIKE FEFER HIGHER. Men in Tzvo More Trades Break . Agreements and Quit. The upheaval in the building industry caused by the shutdown 'in the yards of the Lumber and Building Material Den'.er?" associations, and the strike which caused' tbe shutdown and the complete closing of all building j operations, have brought about ■ ne\v de parture among the various associations of employers in the building trades. For the first time in thei" history, so far as is known, they have decided to issue a call for a mass meeting Of representatives of al th<= asociations. to take place some time this week at the Building Trades Club, No. ll'2o Broadway, to take united action in the present crisis. The present abnor mal conditions in the building Industry threat ened taey believe, if the strike fever is not checked by some radical action on the part of the employers to put a sudden tnd to the act ivity in the built trade which marked the beginning of this season and seemed likely to last for several years. The employers' associations in the building trades are all affiliated with the Building Trades' Association, which has its headquarters at the Building Trades' Club. The coming mass meet ing will be attended by representatives of the following associations of employers, all affiliated with the Building Trades' Association: United Building Trades. Marble Industry Employers" Association. Master Carpenters' Association. Master League of Cement Workers. Electrical Contractors' Association, Tile. Grate and Man tel Association. Lighting Fixtures Associa tion, Mason Builders' Association, New-York Electrical Appliance Association, Iron League, Employing Plasterers' Association. Hoisting As- Fociation, Society of Architectural Iron Manu facturers. Employers' Association of Roofers and Sheet Metal Workers. Association of In terior Decorators and Cabinet Makers and the i Manufacturing Wood Workers' Association of ' Greater New- York. Other organizations which will send repre sentatives will include the Lumber Dealers' As sociation and the Building Material Dealers' As sociation. The associations represent a capital of JSOvV 000,000. and want to put an end to the cease less strikes and other labor troubles which have threatened to kill the entire building industry. They say that unless matters are on a footing which they have confidence in. it will be impos sible to take building contracts. The Master Carpenters' Association met yes terday in the Building Trades Club and was addressed by .1. Sherlock I>avis. of the Lumber Dealers' AssdWatlon: " Mr. Davts talked to them on the necessity of uniien action. He believed that the building boom would last if the em ployers were united, and urged the master car penters to take similar action to that of the Mason Builders" Association. The Master Carpenters' Association will look up its constitution and bylaws, and if they allow of its taking the same action as the Mason Builders' iation did in deciding to buy from no non-association dealer while the shut down lasts, such action will be taken. A member of the Mason Builders' Association ho was seen at the Building Trades Club said that the wages of the one hundred thousand s-killed men who were thrown idle, by the strikes of the unskilled trades, which the Board of Building Trades indorsed, averaged ?4 a day. This means ?400.<>00 a day in wages lost during the present trouble, to skilled mechanics, and tMs money, he said, would never be recovered. L. K. Prince, of Prince & Rinkel. iron manu facturers, said that the strike of the Inside Architectural Iron "Workers' Union for an in crease of wages and union conditions, now affected the entire city. About 5,000 were out. "About eleven shops." he said, "refused the demands and a strike followed. Then the 1 larger employers, who are in the Iron League. | shut down to head off a strike, as they did not I want to grant the demands. We are employing i non-union men ourselves. We had a fight with | the union some years ego and won." The strike of the structural iron workers in ! sympathy with the portable hoisting engineers spread over the city yesterday. A representa tive of the American Bridge Company, which made an agreement for a year. going into effect on Mar 1. with the structural iron workers, one provision of which was that there should be no j sympathetic strikes, said: '•This shows how little dependence can be placed on an agreement with a union. ■ Th« union will break it without compunction, a thing the employers dare not do." The Iron League will .neet to-day at the Hoff man House. It is said that it Is its regular meeting, but The question of the strike will 1-robably be discr.ssed. It was stated i.y the labor committee of the Lumber Dealers' Association yesterday that the small dealers in the East Side had a conference with the association, and decided to shut down. This msde the shutdown complete, except in the yards of the Yellow Pine Company and the four ° l \b r out"eU> a ve'n hundred members of the Broth erhood of Carpenters struck yesterday in the shops of the Employing Cabinet Makers and Interior Decorators' Association. A committee of the association caJled at yesterday's meeting of the Board of Building Trades and complained that the strike was in violation of an agree ment The committee received no satisfaction. "The Building Trades Bulletin" for this month says that 263 buildings have been contracted for in this city, most of which were started after May 1. Their cost is estimated at §1.. 161 050. and all these buildings will be involved in the present shutdown and strikes in the building trades. MORE SMALL RIOTS. Excavator* and Horseshoe™ Make Trouble in Brooklyn. There were more small riots on the part of the striking Italian members of the Excavators and Cellar Diggers' Union and of the striking horseshoera in Brooklyn yesterday. Reserves were sent to various storm centres with great frequency all day. The most serious use of \-iolence occurred at rhe blacksmith shop of Alexander Adams, at No 81 Srherm-rhorn-st. He has yielded to every demand of the horseshoers" union except < onilnnrd on Ifvmth P»" AY EMPIRE TN ITSEI^F. Have vmi f-fT. the globe map on the windows of the Rock Island System's uptown ticket office, cor ner 36th St. : ana Fifth Avt.? 'Ti* worth lookin* at. — Advt - '**- J LEADERS TAKE WALL HAVEN FOUR IX RUXAU'AY One Horse Shot — m Collision \ with Car. Frlshtrneil bjf ■ POMIBi OinMol train and a ='ih«>«>qiie!it co'.iision with a Columbus-aye. enr at N'inpty-pecond-st.. about Mx o'clock iMI evening. the leaders of • coach and four, owned and driven by George G. Haven, jr.. tha banker, of No. « East F'fty-tiiiril-«t.. hrok'' loo?*- from th* wh-eler» and ' ! aa^h»d east through Nin*ty-s-»cond-«»t. They nwHad Caetral Park West at 'till speed, and cleared j the four foot ftone wall bounding th» park. On ; the other -i.le of the wall there ts a fall of some , I six or eJeht feet, ar'l tn *:rikir«s the pround one of I the horxes broke its ricrht foreles;. The Other horse ran away In the park r.rwi was caught by a nark policeman. The injured horse was shot by ( Policeman Horan of the West One-hundredth-st. j station. After the collision the alMClera followed the course taken lv the leaders, ar.d carri-d th- brak. through Ninety-second-st. at a furious pace. An | 'Eighth-aye. car was just crossing Nin«ty- 9 econd st. at Central Park West, and the animals, seeming: to fear ■ «=e.'n:vl collision, slowed down until when th«-y finally stopped their noses were again«t the car windows. Mr Haven and two 'ootmen w«re thrown to. the street at Columbus-aye.. but were uninjured, ihe other occupant of the coacM. Mrs. F. G. Inpersoil. was carried in It to >ntral Park West. Shu waa tiK.ro, isrhly frightened, ar.d had to be assisted fi on Urn coach. Th - police have only meagre details of the acci clenl. rillii I Mil Horan merely reporting that he had sho- a horse Injured In a runaway, with tne j consent of the owner, Harold Bacon. According to Urn pottec there was a Rr - ln a freight car at Ninery-first-st. and the North River about 3:30 o'clock J> roaj afternoon, and as sev eral lines of hose were laid across Riverside Mfl traffi. in the drive wai blocked £t that pont. It 13 said thai the coach was going south i:i Riverside • Drive when it was stopped by the police lines, and turn-d east in Ninety-second-st. Henry Buch, a druggist at Ninety-second-st. and Columbus-aye.. who says he <«aw the accident from IHHlllllllll to . rid. tells the followins story: As the brake approached olumbus-ave. an ele vated express train on the Ninth-aye.' line pas?e<3 north, running rapidly. The leaders became frightened and reared la the air. Th-n they came down on all fours and started to rur. ahead, As they cm— ed the ear tracks a northbound colum bus-ave. car was just crossing Ninety-second-st. The coachman pulled on tne reins and the wheelers rtsponded. while the leaders reared in the air a^ain. The motor-man broußht his car to a stop just as he was between the two , pairs of horses. When the leaders regained their feet they broke loose and dasheo. east regained their feet for the second time they broke the traces and dashed furiously through Ninety- Becond-st. The 'wheelers' th«n took fright ami . started to run also. They drew the coach against the dashboard of the car, wrecking it and knocking the front end of the car from the track. The coach did not stop, but was carried on through >inet>- i second-st. after the leaders. But the Jar of the col lision had been sufficient to throw the coachman and the two footmen from their s*ats. The woman, who sat well forward in the coach was seen to stand up and wring her hands, and I thought sn» meant to jump. But she suddenly sat down anil buried her face in her hands, as tf undecided which fate to tempt-jumping from the coach or a possi ble collision at Central Park West, hhe kept her seat unUl the coach came to a -top. Jortunately ( lO bu'rdened by th* weight of the brake th- i leaders had gained 150 feet on rh» wheelers when they reached Central Park West. Although tne> ; were runnms: side by side, the parted tracM had : given them freedom. One of the kMM Memed to cain on the other a trifle as th-y •^ r " 5 Cen- ' tra'" Park Wewt, and n» ran up on th- mi-waiK without the sHgbtesi hesitancy, and "took IM fence at a bound. The other animal wa« at nt" flank? when he too went over. The first hnr*? over semed to be trained in jumptng. for h» landed , stlfflv on th? 50ft earth and dash«d down a short hil! to th» \Wst Dri% c. Th- other stumbled as h- landed and fell forwardr breaking right foTf lesr. Although the stone wall is only four _feflt hiKh""i. the srre-t side, there is a d;op of from six to eight feet on the park side. > .. Meantime the wheel<«rs had been flashing ■ ia tne wake of the leaders, an a stop just at the car. Th- wheelers had shi-d at' th» car. and. bracing themselves, prevented a second collision. Their hose* just touched the car. A large crowd of people had fulowta tki tally ho. They at once helped the woman r.q«er.zer to alight. She waa thoroughly fright »new-York Central Railroad. in an answer to the complaint of the In dependent Coal Company, filed with tl« Intentat. Commerce Commission . denies any oltuml noui coal t. -hipped or mined fro Pittstotiand Tonawanda to Fonda and GJ«ver«vill«. a. allege^ and denies the Al>gatlonn cf di».-rtmlr.ation against the ,<,.mplainanta and unrt-Mona-blene*. of its rates on anthracit*. ■_ ' ■ N<-> KEEP TO : "WAIT TV*ire t§ a train every hour by th« V«w Tor* C*nt£*lr*ur«lj one tiv«n will «ult jr*u. = A«T% . PRKE THREE CENTBL MAY BE LETTER SENDER P*O. CLERK XOTICED MAX. Carvalho Says Educated Person Wrote Infernal Machine Warning. From the General Postomc? yesterday carae »hat may be a clew to Information regatdtas the lender of th« mysterious letter «i wan»bj« which led to th* discovery of the Infernal xsa -nine on the T'mbria's pier Harry Lyona, a stamp clerk at Window No. 11. on the Far** Row side of the office, told of a wen dressed, prosperous looking man who '-am« to hip w1» ilow last Saturday morning, with a letter aJ llrn—lll to "Commissioner Greene. Police Head quarters. New- York City." This man dd not bay a special delivery stamp, but wanted to know if the two-cert stamp already on tb» letter would be enough to carry it- In taking the letter to weigh it. the clerk saw the ad dress. "T was on duty at window No. 11 last Sat urday.' said Mr. Lyons, "from 9 a. in. to 6 p. m. Some time in the morning a w*;i dressed man. king to me like a business man. handei In a letter ani ask-d if the stamp on it wm enough to carry it. I took the letter fei my hand to weigh iv and in that way saw that tt was addre«»»d to Commissioner Greene. Police Head quarters. New-York. I don't think there was any street a4Mr*M given. I said that a two cent stamp would carry It. and haidcd the let ter back. Probably I shouldn't have remem bered anything about it. only It seemed a little funny to me at the time t'.-.at a man who looked liked this one should asl: that question, when the letter was light. I can't describe the man or hi* clothes. You know, we *c ■ hundreds of men in a day here. I don't remember whether the address was written with leaduencil or with ink, and I'm not at ail sure that there was an old issue stamp on the envelOD**." The letter which -was sent to Police Head- Tjarters bore a two-cent stamp of the old issue, none of which have be»n srli from the PostoSce for twelve week*. Inspector McClusky an nounced this yesterday. Following out a line of reasoning that the letter was evidently writ ten and the envelope stamped at the writer's home, with a stamp for some rime in his pos session, and that when he purchased the spe cial delivery he rrught hay» disp'.ayed the letter in some way. a list of the stamp clerks on duty last Saturday was obtained. Th* half dozen were interrogated about any purchasers of special delivery stamps on last Saturday, and. while there were many sales, nothing definite was learned until Mr. Lyons hade his statement regarding the letter. Previous to this. the only information con cerning this mysterious letter at the detective bureau was that the postmark showed it tad been mailed at the General Postotßce. at 11 o'clock, and the opinion of David Carvaltio. ta» handwriting SSBVOTt, that the writing indicated that an Ar-.erican, well educated, had written it. ar" ntly trying to disguis* his hand. This new ♦'•formation entirely dissipates UM 3£&2 a theory, and doesn't lend much weight to the Fenian supposition. Ob the other hand. tber« lm no motive apparent, and the police and the Cunard line authorities can find none. Robert Floyd, acting agent of the coaard .Line, said yesterday that, under no circum stsnre?. could th<» inf»raal machine have got aboard tlsf Umbria. "I want, to emphasize that point," h» said. "It could not have b«*«-n taken on as cargo, l»e cause every bit of our rgo BHBBI b» accom panied by Invoices, and we will not accept any thing from person* we '!on t kn"" Now. with passengers' basrgage. its a little different. Trunks and packages come down to our piers in ■ all kinds of ways, sometimes n wheelbarrow?, i •B« you will readily see that l ■=> couldn't hoH ; up every expressman until h« .-hows us wher» he comes from. So we take the baggage, and put it on the pier. Not e«s piece. however, could be taken on th* steamer until the passen ge- came along • Xl his ticket and the baggage was properly checked, addressed and labelled. Every oOMf line takes the same precautions. ; New. as to motive. I'm as much at sea as any on* We're up against solid facts h-re. and I pr pf.r to let th? police do the theorfztns. The Mafia theory is absurd. The line has nothing M d<- irh rhe Italians M a nation. As to tha Fenians our relation* wirh the Irish are of the most pleasant kin 1. We have had no trouble with any iniilijia no labor t*mk\m of any kind, and th»r» is no one who has cause r r enmity against the line." Commissioner 'Greene talked fre-Iy regarding the attitu l« of the police department toward th- dynamite case. While he would not tell th* ■ exact lines of work, he said that -v--ythtn* possib'- was being don* to run down the per-_ sons who sent the infernal machine, and that' the efforts would r^t stop until thos- persons were caught. He characterized the act as a' dastardly outrage and said tha? as much en-rgy would b* used in solving this BUJSBUJ as tn a. shockirs murder. - He had called PlllHl r O»m F. Sever, c. Columbia University, to examin* the machine. Professor Sever found, he said, that the wbolo mechanism was in perfe.r worMSMj order, but that without the detonating caps the machine was harmless. There was. th* risk of a fir*. however. m The Commissioner sent typewritten orders to the captains throughout the city. 'r^fuctlnsj them to have their patrolmen visit every placs on their beats wher* box-»s wer* rr.a:iufactured^ A description of th* box whtch had <-ontatneoJ the dynamite accompanied the order. . There was considerable discussion as to what . punishment could be inflicted o n th- person% rho sent the machine. General Burnett. rnifO*" States District Attorney, said that the ease would not com- under his jurisdiction, as ar matters of public ssifstj were in the purview clo the State*. ITttlHi the dynamite had been aet«-J ally shipped, the offenders would not come ond**. th- federal Taws, and even then, he would hay« ■ to wait until a complaint was made. CommJo- . sioner Greene was not worried about the pun- ishment question. "If we get the people." he aavi. "we'll go ti . th* District Attorney for a law to fit the eao» and I guess well get something applicable." . i Inspector McClusky to) yesterday of th- . work being done on the case, saying that "al i the clews led out of town." Hughes, the de g tective who went to Emporium to interview th» 1 Climax Powder Company, went on to Clevelan« yesterday to see the makers of the "stand by*' batteries. From the fact that th* two cell j used Wen of a much Isrger size than those gen erally used for similar purposes, and as thrf had the date of sale stamped on them, the its™ spector felt confident that they cotxld b , traced. The brass button which formed par f ■I tb* merhanism ts also being traced. Superintendent Murray of the Bureau of Cere, bustibles said that there was no doubt as »1» 1 the dynamite, as he had suffered from a, heaii ache for several hours from testing tt. He the explained that after handling dynasnlt- tt effect of the component parts— nitric acid, phuric acid and glycerine— was to cause seret * '■THE SKTLLED AMERICAN MSCHAHIC]!j na* helped to make the Pennsylvania Railroad i - jsrf*etM brain can devise. Its fast trains to tl ;? wSt •*• -xnarreU of comfort aafl ■p«e& t -Ad.Ty f :