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4 "MOTHER JONES" TALKS. Fells Beef Strikers They Will Win I if Not Weak Kneed. ••MoifceT Jones." the labor agitator, addressed the local beef strikers yesterday, and was greeted wlic ch«ers. She «aid she expected to go to Chi cago to aid the striking butchers there. "Mother Jon«s- addressed the men as "Boys" and "Broth ers." She amid In part: I want to tell you that a woman can play at snore war than a hundred men. Because you are OB strike 1 cm me on to talk 10 you. 1 want 10 be ■with you la your mighty strike for emancipation. I*ec'i;.e who condemn strikes ki.ow nothing of tne cautes w.i.ih provoke Umax. It was the strikers or old mat moved ihe world and led to the develop ment of the present civilization. You aJo/ie can break this strike. If you con tinue to .-now a compact trout and there are no ■weak kr.etd feilows among you. victory will be youi*. "scab" meat it not lit to tat, and t'.— mystery to me is that there i« any women mean enua^h to marry a "scab." Tbey are the traitors. raiuc;.al-.cb KiiU henchmen of me capitalist. They try 10 poison your minds against your leaders. 2*o Icadsr under neaven can sell you out unless you want him to do so. I believe that next November you will march to victory at the ballot hex and overthrow the pres ent xottenness. The Senate is niade up of trust if.apMtes. Do no more begging to in<? legislature, but go to""3Ubany and a.^^-3 your own laws. If | roil do not, you will find that you aie up agaJns: It. They hive the guns, and the workers have the ..jot. With it you can squelch Koosevelt ana Parktr * Roosevelt could settle the beef strike by telling the wickers that he proposed to take over th^ daughter bouses in the interest of the pubac. •whicii 1* being charged high price* for rotten meat that has been In tha companies' boxes tor ton j months. They are workiiis off •heir ?tale stock now. - Th« police decided that little more trouble was to oe expected from th.-> beef .striker:. Trie only vio lence reported, however, was apains; a strike breaker, Fred Wilson, who came here from Balti more several weeks ago. He was assaulted by row- j dies at Jorty-sixth-st. and First-aye. as h" was on ! his way to rvcrk In the Schwarrschlld * Rulzberger | plant. He was so badly treated that hp did not c-> j tc vuik, although he refused to haw* an ambulance ; called and went borne. hii> laaalJAiu nor.c of *-hc.tj, the police beiie\e, are members of the strik ing union, escaped. In the evening. Captain Lantrjr of the East Fifty first-si. station took most of his men nway from tl>e strike centre. The few iragona still pent out by th« United Praia Beet Company and Schwa rz- ■ achiid A Sulzberger were Bti.l guarded by Mounted and bicycle poilceme:s. but 110 violent a against. them »as attempted. . , The striker* appeared to continue In high spir its and they said that many .ft!,-: non-union work- : men recently employed were becoming disgusted •with the butcher work, -which was at tin.--- d-> ; ; edly unpleasant fo<- those no* used to It. and were j quitthig their places. It was pviiier.i that the , number Jf cattle slaughtered in the t») l>ig plants •was Tar below the normal average, Large q;:,«i.t. ■ ties of meat. it was Ml still remained in the re irijreratois. however, and most orders were fllud , from this stock. j &OES DOWN HALF A CENT. Retail Beef Dealers Promise Still * Further Reductions. For the first Ufa probably since the present beef Strike began, small retailers of beef in this city reduced their prices creh-ilf a cent yesterday, and predicted further reduction* from now on. Abun dant supply aim relatively light demand were the reasons asE'gr.ed for the redaction. According to the BcfewarsecbJM ft Sulzbcrger Company, meat is now as io* ».s at any time In the last five years. -Good beer* Frederick Joseph, vice-presi dent of the .-ompany. told a Tribune reporter, "may tow be bought at from 1 to £=2 cents. There is more t<"ef. Indeed, than will b- consumed." 60 far as could be learned no union delegation rallied at the offices of the Society for the Pre vention of Cruelty to Animals yesterday to protest HBsijisi the alleged inhumanity in slaughtering. it WB* said there that John P. HaJnes. the presi dent of the society, was out of town, and no one icrould speak lor him in his absence. MAY CALL OUT TEAMSTERS. Chicago Packers Ordered to Equip Buildings !j with Fire Escapes. Chicago. Aug. 19.— Recording' Secretary Shanahan bt tte packing house teamsters' union declared to day that In his opinion it would be necessary to rail out on Btrlke all teamsters connected with de 3 very to and from retail markets In Chicago. He (said he believed this would have to be done to win the strike. Pr« eider-it Donnelly of the butchers' organiza tion, announced that labor leaders will be. sent to-morrow to Kansas City. St. Paul and St. Jo seph to report local conditions to the strikers there. Donnelly Mil himself go to East St. Louis, and then to Indiana, where he will meet President Jlltchell of the miners' organization, and expects jfco receive financial support. Corporation Counsel Tolman has given to Mayor Harrison an opinion declaring the packers at the titockyards have no legal ri^lu to house men la their packing houses. He says that the packers are not violating any provision or the ordinance -regulating lodging bouses, Tor the reason that they «re not letting lodgings lor hire. The opinion Joes hold, however, that the regulation* calling for fire escapes and exits in buildings when large numbers of people are hi nsi 1 have not been com plied with, and suggests that three days be allowed -the packers in which to begin the alterations In -their buildings, or to fipd n« w quarters for the . men. The Mayor sent the opinion to Chief of Po .Jice O'Neill, with instructions '... s- •• that the ; packer* obeyed the law. LABOR MAN IN THE TOMBS. •-Bald" to Have Collected Money for Saving Firms from Strike Interference. j Richard T. Cooney. who lives at Ozone Park, and la a canvasser for publications representiTijr or ganized labor, was arraigned In the Tombs Court ysatersay on two charges of obtaining money loader false pretences. He wag held in JSOG bail. Charles G. FJehl. who publishes th'i official orpan of the Worklngmen s Federal lon of Labor In Union Square, says Cooney has Collected as hi?h a? \~Jt and even TOO from eleven flrir.g on promise." of raving them from strike Interference . HOPE OF DR. BELLAMY'S RECOVERY. ; Dr. Russell Bellamy, who was Injured by a fall ?rom hi* polo pony, c* stated yesterday. w.as rest ing comfortably at a late bo«r lakt night, and every 'hope is entertained of bit recovery. Dr. Joseph J. Biggins, who attended the Ir.Jured man, said that •while there was a slight concussion of the bral:;. .the skull was not fractured. Dr. Bellamy had period? of semi-conscloufr.ess through the day. A Presidential Campaign 1 I« always a Hot One And the many numerous arguments which always arise help to make it 10— Seep Cool —fortify yourself with the most 9^ER l^. Political Register And Kcady Reference Book pui>M«hed, 1004. Sent by mail Piper Cover, 25c.| Cloth Cover, 50c. Address, NEW- YORK TRIBUNZ,. A POOLROOM FOR WOMEN. Police So Call Broadway Place That They Raid. An alleged woman's poolroom, In a building in Broadway, ' near Thirty-slxth-st., the heart of the theatrical district, was raided yesterday be fore- the last race at Saratoga had been run. The evidence was obtained by a young woman detec tive, Miss Mary Young. She had made a number of bets there, she declared. Captain Cottrell, of the West Thirti«?th-6t. station, with two detectives, vis ited the place yesterday, and stationed themselves In the hall leading Into the apartments where the alleged poolroom was said to exist. Miss Young had been in the apartments for an hour or two when a wcaaaa left the room. Then Captain Cottrell and the others went in. The captain tola the twelve or fourteen women that the place was about to bo raided. He asked most of them to leave the place. One Jumped 00 her feet and ex claimed: "This is astounding. I came her to buy powder." The police found some powder on a centre table, the kind some women use for powder ing their faces. The police say the powder was used for a "blind." The place woe fitted up as a living room. One of the women players, the po lice bay. has a baby at home only six weeks old. The woman arrested as the proprietor paid sho was Mrs. Annie- Smith, a housekeeper. She, was taken to the station and put iii a ©ell. A charge of keeping and maintaining a poolroom was en tered. Her baby, four months old. >*vn.s put in the ceil with her. The child howled when the raid was made. In the apartments the police say they got racing sheets alia charts and a bankroll of 123 from the prisoner. Captain Cottrell lectured the women severely. A voi:n»r woman, who said she* lived In Brooklyn, colled at the eta'lon last night arid tried to see Mrs. Smith. "1 was in that place Just before the polled got m," salt! the you tiff woman. "I was going away early because I w; s anxious about my own baby. I feel awfully sorry for Mrs. Smith, because I whs arrested tr.iro in thoso places. nut I'm glad the place lias been closed, for the tracks? will soon l'p ct'eti ber" again, and I can go there and do my brttiriK. I !ik« it better." Miss Youri* «--a!0 the raclne information for tho pl'ie »-a- obtained by sending or« of the women into th» street to get tho results of each race from a bulletin board. MANY HOLES IN ASPHALT. One Hundred Defective Points Re ported to President Ahearn. The Merchants' Association has taken up the question of defective pavement? and submitted a report to Borough President Ahearn giving the re sult of an investigation by Its commutes on city conditions. Nearly on« hundred defective points are noted !n the report. The part/ making th* Inspection comprised John C. names, coalman; W. a. Marble, w. R. Wlllcox and Frederick B. Deßerard. In the case of the ln epectio-.s first made only those which exceeded the limits of the specifications were recorded. In the case of the later Inspections no note was made of any holes except those that were notably bad. mindr defects not being recorded. "In Broadway. Seventh-aye. and the Boulevard the condition of the pavement between the tracks Is almost uniformly bad. very .lttle proper pave ment being observed," says the repcit. "This is noted In but few instances, for the reason that the Jurisdiction of this pavement in In controversy be tween the city and tha street railway companies." The committee also says that by far the greater number of defect! v» plnc;a were dv«» to openings which had been made In th* pavements for various purposes and the failute thereafter to comply with the requirements of the law as to repaying. So far as it was able to observe the complaint* as to fail ure on the par* of paving contractors to maintain properly the surface of the asphalt pavements were not well founded. As a whole. howevjr. the asphalt pavements, the committee believed, so far as care or. the part of contractors Is eoooetne-l, seem to be In pretty fair condition, notably so on the East Bide of the city. in a letter to the boroufn president the commit tee says: We beg respectfully to suggest than th« pro vision which enab.e« you to demand, from all per sons who desire a permit to open the surface of th« streets, a deposit of a sufficient amount to pay the cost of Its restoration, should, If applied by you in all cases, enable you to secii.t pron.p- reps r of the streets. We are Informed, however, that the city has now at it* command a proper street repair ing ant, wher<-wi*h such repairs as are necessary may be made, and that possibly the delay in mak ing these repairs Is due to that fact. In the case of the speclfl: complaints made by the Merchants" Association, President Ahuarn or dered the chief engineer to cause lnspe;t>on to be made at once, and. In case the defects continue, a peremptory order will be sent to the repair com pany to repair the pavements within forty-eight hours. In case of failure to co do.- President Ahearn promises to have the repairs made by Other contractors at the expense of the derelict company. "CHEAP DRINK' CASE IN COTJUT. Summons for Proprietor of an Herb Extract Company— N. Y. Fruit Exchange Acts. The New-Tor* Fruit Exchange has taken a hand In the crusn^p against the manufacturers and venders of cheap and dangerous drink*. Some of the work of the State Agricultural Department In fighting the danger of blood poisoning from East ■Me "luxuries" was described In Th« Tribune yes terday. Magistiat* Breen, In tha Essex Market curt, yesterday ha 3 before him on a summons Jacob Goldstein, of No 543 East Twelfth-st.. proprietor of the Universal Herb Kxtract Company nepresentative* of the Fruit Exchange Submitted to the court tamplcs gathered by the Inspectors from various East Side drug and confectionery stores, and sorla water stands. They contain the court was told mainly tartarlc acid beet root rugar and coloring matter of a deleterious nature The court wa« told that cases are being mad" out against more than a score of small manufacturers; and that tM District t Attorney's office is about to tak l CO SL l *** C * of the llJcea'. manufacture and traffic., The x"" 1 < !•'-■ lor each violation of Senior. 31.' 1 . of th* Penal Code, which covers these case? is *■£?* 0? $&-0 or one ye r'>. Imprisonment, or both. The ewe against Goldstein was adjourned until KILLED BY A MOSQUITJ BITE. Chicago. Aug. 16— August Anderson, a farmer of Starke County. Ind.. is dea.t In a Chicago hospital from the bite or a mo«quito. Anderson suffered a flight Jnjtir/ which caused an ab'asior. of the skin on bis right hand. A mosquito bit him on the abrasion, and a few da,* later Anderson began to Buffer intensely. He cams to Chicago for treat ment, but blood poisoning r'-sulte'J NEW-YOKK DAILY TRIBUNE. SATURDAY. AUGUST 20. 1904. JEROME AFTtR 3 MORE. MAY TAKE 1 LABOR MAN. To "Make It Hot" for Employers After September 1. That the building trades employers have three other leaders besides Philip Welnselmer In inlnd for prosecution, also on charges ot cx ~ tortion. was announced yesterday. One of these men has liot been found for the last three days. Whllf! it cannot be said authoritatively that this man ta being sought It is known that Dis trict Attorney Jerome has received Information that may result In his apprehension. It also csjuja out yesterday In a dramatic way that Mr. Jerome will act vigorously soon against em ployers who give bribes. Mr. Jerome was talking with G. V. Johnson, Jr., of the Johnson- Kahn Company, builders and owners of the Ohatsworth Apartment House, ai Seven ty-secor.d-st. and Riverside Drive, on which a strike was called. It is al-' leged, because Samuel K. Kssig failed to fulfill his promises to Weinseimer. Johnson met the District Attorney in the corridor or the Criminal Courts Building, just outside the latter's office, and took exception to a statement made by Mr. Jerome several dayi ago, that the employers were as bad as the em ployes, and that their motives were anything hut altruistic In making a complaint against Weinseimer. "You people are- no better than the employes:" exclaimed the District Attorney. "You coir.o down hero eight months after you made the first payment, and try to make us believe you are honest in the matter." Mr. Johnson replied with warmth. Then Mr. Jerome aaid: "Thafs all right, but wait till September 1. and 111 make It hot for you peo ple." September 1 Is the date for the Prince bill, making the bribe giver equally guilty with the bribe taker, and depriving him of the defence behind which he may now take refuge, that he Is the victim of extortion to go into effect. The grand Jury, following its indictment of Weinselmer. continued yesterday Its investiga tion into the labor situation. Several more employes of the People's Security Compary, of No. '211 Broadway, were examined. It is known th«it an effort was made to find out more than the mere fact that the money was passed to Weinselmer by Samuel K. Esslg. at the Se curity Company's offices. It is desired to learn what Wetnacimer did. after the time it Is al leged he received the money. The money was not found on Weinselmer and has never been found, and Mr. Jerome has little hope of ever finding: it. Besides some of the employes of the security company, three or four lawyers active in the woik of the organization were present. The company was organized with $-«hj.im>o capital to look after the laboring man. furnish bail, pre pare civil suits and perform other legal ser vices. It was started about the time that "Sam" Parks was taken to Sing Sing. Alter the grand jury had adjourned, counsel for Welnseir.ter said. The District Attorney did not have after th« examination a witness who will swear that on the day in question Es«i(? was In lh>- otflce with Welnseimer. The District Attorney has got no case against this man. and our defence will be a general denial of the people's story. He Is Innocent. No one saw him take a dollar, and be didn't take a dollar. "Was Baslg s*arched on the day he caused the arrest of Welnseimer? No, he wasn't. Mr. Rani said regarding th* security com pany: No action against th« People's Security Com pany la contemplate 1 from the District At torney otlkf. and as far as th* District At torney baa any Information, the People*! Secur ity Company i* organised for a perfectly legal purpose. It Is understood that the District Attorney be lieves he has an even stronger case against Wein«elmer at this time than he had against "Sam" Parks at the same stage In his case. It Is known that after September 1 a number of employes of the People's Security Company will he called to the District Attorney's office and questioned under the i'rln<o law. While the m^asur-i Is not retroactive, cases may bo bused upon the evidence adduced under this law. // hippodrome cuter it. Thompson •§ Dandy to Build in the Ten Principal Cities of Country. The hippodrome tha: 18 hem* built In UM Sixth ave. block, from Forty-third to Forty-fourth st». will be one of a chain of similar buildings to i'<» put up In the ten principal cities of the country. Elmi r S. Dundy, of the firm of Thompson & Dundy. said that tho firm, together with the parties nlso In terested In <jr«otii)g th«" hippodrome her*, had de cided to tieet ton similar buildingn In ten cities. The hippodrome is a radical venture in tho amueei'ient line in this country, und th** Immense t<lze of the building aftorda many advantages In presenting a permanent circus. PLANS FOR SUBWAY DAY. To Have Municipal Holiday — Speaking at City Hall. Alderman Doull yesterday, nt a conference with the Rapid Transit Commission, outlined plans for rriebrat.nc the subway Op«nlnK. lUla celebration was first advocated by Tha Tribune. The plans ar« subject to chance. President Orr. of the commis sion, promised its co-operation, and G. F. S«ward said the Chamber of Commerce would give all the aid it could. The plan Is to hold the celebration the day before the subway Is opened for public business. August Belmont. president of the laterborougb. told tho aldermen that ho would give them ample notice, at least a month before the day at*: for the opening. He told them he Intends 1 to >iav« the full car sys tem In operation fur at last six weeks before one passenger is accepted. It is planned to make the day a municipal holiday, to have a platform with speakers at the City Hall and at The Bronx Borough Hall, to decorate tho i y ■ ii ti : £ ark and to have a fireworks dls p.ay in Manhattan and Tnr bronx at night. Hishop rotter is to be Invited to open the speaking at the City Halt iv is to be followed, according to the programme, by Mayor McCltllan. August iJclmont and one or two members of the Uapld Transit Com mmsion. At the Cuy Hall station of the subway ft £?, u^i an *''' st a r » ■ train full of invited to Harlem. All the stations along the rout* are to iiariem. AH the stations along the rout«» are to be thrown open to the public, and the train will travel slowly, so that all who care may sea it. ALAS POOR FORTIETH ST.! No Help in Sight Until Monday for Unpaved Waste. With an ever increasing desire to n:nko the theory that anticipation is greater than realization fit to any and every cage, the Department of Public Works has a-atn postponed the paving of Fortieth- St.. end now says that the work will "surely" be started on Monday, it was understood a few days ago that the Sicilian Asphalt Paving Company, that has the contract for paving the street, would begin this week, but when a Tribune reporter called at the company's office yesterday he was tol Hi t !V a l iIlJh. con! t any wo "'d not start the work until the curbing had bren set by the city or, In other words, It was necessary to have tho uaual number of contractors divide up the work. u^^l- r? s » learned at the Department of Pub llc W rj£?tt- *♦»? e&ng ot men would be put to work rcsctt.nK the curbing next Monday, although, according to Commissioner Dalton it was the flu ty of tho company which is putting up the public 1U brary to r.set the curblng P which It had torn up. NO WAIT FOR BAGGAGE ON NEW-HAVEN. IBT Ti-I S(.].\y<l TO TUB TRIDUNE.I New-Haven. Conn., Aug. 19.— According to an order Issued by the New-York, New-Haven and Hartford Railway Company, the trains of the com-! p ny will not xv:iit ln tn6 ' utur « fur bag-a^e after the passengers .-.r- . .-,,,1. It Is «>ald that many trains are lato owing to the delay in loading mer chandise dj the express companies, but hereaftor the baggage win have to wait If it Is not shipped by th.» time tho last passenger leaves the platform. RECOGNITION REFUSED. Alliance Tries to Get It from Em ployers — Result, II v bbub. All the plans of the Building Trades Employers' Association for the resumption of work on Monday were confirmed yesterday at a special meeting of the board of governors. The Building Trades Alliance had an unusually long meeting, In which it appears that the state ment containing a history of the labor troubles, a copy of which was given to each of the represent atives of the locked out unions on Thursday night at the meeting in the Bulldidg Trades Club, was discussed. It developed yesterday »h«t a stirring incident took placo at this conference which was not given out on Thursday night. Thin was an attempt on the part of William Nason. of the Marble Cutters' Union, to get recognition of the Building Trades Alliance by the employers' association, followed by a hubbub which for a tii-e looked as if it would end In a serious dispute. The labor delegates and the employers on Thurs day night were discussing the plan of the em ployers fur the resumption of work on Monday. This was that when work is resumed individuals in trades which do not return to work may be employed as individuals under the arbitration agreement on the understanding that later these men will be organized into unions of their respec tive trades. Suddenly Nason made a motion that tho Building Trades Alliance should be asked to confer with the employers' association. i>efcro Nason had time to speak on his motion .Tames I. Archibald, who represented the Brotherhood of Painters, made a vehement protest, He said. "It Is an insult to the unions which ha\e remained true to the arbitration agreement to make such a motion." Nason began an angry reply, which brought an angry retort from Archibald. Then Otto M. Eidlitz. chairman of the governors, who presided, quieted the disturbance. The Marble Cutters' Union Is represented In the Building Trades Alliance, but Is not on strike or locked out. and Nason is one of its business agents. He is Kuppo«cd to be an "ambassador extraordi nary" referred to later by James J. Daly, who says Nason was sent by the alliance to the con ference to learn what was going on. The incident ended there, but some ill feeling re mained. Some of the delegates opposed to Archi bald said afterward that he was trying to get on (he labor bureau of the Democratic National Com mittee, and that some of the unions were sending a protest against It. It was first intended, they said, to send the protest to Chairman Taggart. but later it was decided to send It to Esopus direct. At the meeting of the board of governors yester day, Lewis Harding, chairman of the press com mittee, said that all the unions which were not locked out could send their men back to work. In case of trades which have strikes Individuals may be employed after signing the arbitration agreement as individuals with the following pledge added to the document: "I hereby agrea to work under the above arbi tration plan and under such trade agreements as may I •■ hereafter entered Into between the employ ers and the unions of any trade. It being under stood that warns and hours in such agreement shall be the same as prevails! prior to August 1. 190*. "I further agree to work on any and all jobs of members of the Building Trades Employers' Association without discrimination." '•It was also decided by the board of govern ors." said Mr. Hardlnjr. "that the men who first sign this agreement as individuals will be put t work on the Trinity building. This Is for the reason that thn men might work at other jobs and leave the Trinity building ctrlke still on. After the Trinity building is manned the new men can go to work on the other contracts.'.' NEW CUT IN STEEL WAR. Reductions of Pittsburg Company Met by the Trust. The Plttsburg Steel Company, having gone slight ly below the reduced prices fixed on wire products a day or two ago by the American Steel and Wire Company, th" latter yesterday met the Pit tabu rg company's concession, the cut prices quoted to Job bern now applying also to retailers ordering carload lots. This was the only active move announced yes terday in the steel war. Hearts that the Lackawanna Steel Company has made prices on •'< el In am* nnd plates Jo it ton lower than th»" pool figures were denied yester day by officers of that corporation, who added that they <3M not havo in contemplation any whole sale flushing of prices. The Lackawanna company's new structural plate mill near Buffalo Is not yet In operation, but is expected to be opened within the t:«>xt few days. Although the various steel pools, except the rail a«i»o<'larion. have not been dls»otvt>d. us wan reported yesterday from IMttsburg. their existence Is threat ened, for th« United States Steel Corporation, from all accounts, Is In a. mood to retaliate vigorously (•:. any association In any of ii:«> pools which may <!■:• to make prices lower than the pool scbed ules. Parlflc i " ranees have come from John W. Gates, at Saratoga, but the trade here still believes that the United States Steel Corporation regards the Republic Iron and Steel Company's action in thi blllat conversion incident as the move which caused th« rate war. and that, if opportunity of fers. It will make a telling counter move. The steel thus far has not affected the Eastern Bar Iron Association or the Nut and Bolt Associa tion, both of which has this week reaffirmed their present schedule of prices. P.cgTS. Brown & Co.. In their weekly summary of the Iron and steel sit uation, say: The prospect of a wide open market (or practi cally all Iron and ste<l products except rails shouM In the natural order lend to fr*er buying ««.nd much brooder consumption Temporarily, however, baying in all lines is likely to t>e cheeked until it Is seen how low price* can «•>. There Is a notable similar ity between the present conditions and those at tending the revival three years ago. Some or th« most experienced buyer* are making contracts -for pltr i an well Into r.c\t year, In some cases re quirements have b«^n covered as far ahead as July. 1905. United Suites Steel pharos were weak again yes terday, doting at the lowest of the day. with the common one-halt point and the preferred eeven elghths under the final prices of Thursday. An effort Is being made to depress these shares, apparently for the b-n«flt of the large short Interest, by the well worn trick of sending to Wall Street lying telegrams announc ing extensive reductions In «he working forces in some of th« Steel Corporation's mills. One such telegram, received yesterday from & small town in a Central Western State, save as the location of plants which had laid off half of their employes towns In which the United States Steel Corporation has no mills. JOIN IN FIGHTING STEEL TRUST. Other Concerns to Aid the Pittsbnrg Com pany in Its Contest. IBT TBLE«RA?H TO THE TRIBIHH. 1 PitisburK, Aug. 19.— 1t Is announced here that the Republic Iron and Steel Company has said it will go hand in hand with the Pittsburg Stcjl Company In its flfcht Hgalnat the United Slates Steel Cor poration. alhf> that the Tennessee Coal and Iron Company has expressed a willingness to lend a hand. The steel corporation hns about eighty thousand tons of billets on hnnd which it had maaufactured In anticipation of tho big order from the Pittsburg Steel Company, but the order went to the Kepubiu: Mills at a cut of $1 a. ton. Tho corporation, in tak ing ov«r the Clalrton Steel Company, thought It had also taken its orders. The Pimburg Steel Com pany refused to shift its orders to the corporation, and allowed it to make billets as long aa it wanted. The timount of Btock not called .for will reach $2,000,000. FEWER RAILS, LOWER PRICE. Philadelphia, Aug. The Pennsylvania Railroad will order only 40>000 ton* of steel rails this year. This has been decided by the management, and the order will be given by President Cassatt upon his return from Car Harbor, the first of next month. It Is the, purpose of the management to keep the order this year far within tho one given last year. The company ordered 70.000 tons last year and the greater portion has not been us«d. The rails that havo not been used will bo kept over until next year, and distributed with the new order. The inrlc© to be ptjld has not been given out. but it is Bald that the railroad company will not pay the price in effect last year, That was $-S a ton. STEEL HOOP MEN TALKING STRIKE. V ■ (BY TSLEOnAPn TO THE TiUBI'XE. ] Pittsburg. Aug. 19.— There was an Important meeting of the heads of tho Amalgamated A.S3O elation hero to-day, at which the affairs of tna steel oop plants of the Carnegie Steel Company. at Youngstown. Ohio, were .discussed, and it was announced later that there would likely be a strike at the Ohio mills, beginning next Monday. The Amalgamated men now working at the plant have informed the management that they whl quit to morrow night unless the scale is signed. The management has replied that the mills will M opened just the same, it not by those now st work, then by others. _ AVERT COAL STRIKE. Question of Check Weigh me it Re ferred to Judge Grms. Th" Board of Conciliation of the Anthracite Strike Commission at Its meeting: yesterday took action Tvhfch It is hoped will avert the danger of a strike In the coal regions, by re ferring to Judge Gray, of Delaware, the whole question of the check weighmen. The cheekman for the miners was provided for in the award of th« Anthra.ke Coal Strike Commission, it being agreed hy the commis sion that he was to be paid for by the minors. The representatives of the miners' union contended that the company should de duct a pro rata share from all miners to pay the checkman's salary, while the operators contended that they could only deduct from such miners as gave them a legal assignment. The question was finally made a grievance and brought to the attention ot the board of con ciliation. No agreement was reached till yes terday, because of differences in the wording of the statement to be made to Judge Gray. Another grievance considered was that made by the Pennsylvania Coal Company against in employes at the Barnum colliery, Pennsylvania. Th« men struck, because, they say, the scales are not in good working order. The men assert that their cheekman found that the scales weighed ahout one thousand pounds short in a car of three tons. This shortage would make a difference In their earnings of about $J 10 on a full shift of seven cars. Superintendent May of the company asserts that the scales are in good order. It was resolved that the men must return to work before there was any consideration of the complaint, and on failure to adjust the differ ence It should be submitted to the board of con ciliation. ELECTRICITY'S MYSTERIOUS WORK. Two Men Killed and Many Persons Shocked in Pittsburg. Pittsburgh. Aug. 19.— A mysterious condition to night in the electric lighting system along the I'enn-ave. district caused the death of two man and the severe shocking of ten or fifteen persons. The dead are George Ryan, twenty-eight years old, of Flttsburg. and John Hock, twenty-five years old, of Allegheny. Both men were kiiied while trying to turn on the electric light. Ryan at No. 1.911 I'enn-ave., ai.d Ho*.k at No. 1.704 I'enn-ave. Many persons In the district were shocked at about the same time that Kyan and Hock were killed, but ail will recover. No explanation of the caujA of the trouble can h« secured from the elec tric light company to-night. MEALS AT SUBWAY TAVERN NEXT. Kitchen in Basement to Supply Food for Those Who Want Meat with Drink. There will be another dedication at the Subway Tavern In a few days. A force of carpenters and painters are remodelling the basement of the build- Ing In which the saloon of moderation is situated. It will be converted Into a comfortable gathering place for families. A complete kitchen Is being fitted up. and regular meals will be served to those who care to eat heartily with their drinking. SOLDIERS SHOOT SOLDIERS. Fatal Result of Quarrel Between Regulars and Ohio Guardsmen at Athens. Athens. Ohio. Aug. ID.— Regular army soldiers. said to be members of a cavalry troop connected with the First brigade at Camp Armltage. near this city, to-night attacked members of a provost guard of patrol». maue up of members of Company L>, Mh Onto National Guard. Cleveland, and one man was killed iin-l three wounded, the latter all telng National Guardetr.en. The regulars escaped w.inuui ...... casualties, as far as is Known. Th«» guardsman killed was Corporal Charles Clark, whose home la at Warren, wnere the com pany is located. He was tweuty-one years old and a machinist by occupation. The regulars, who used pistols, scattered for camp, and i.'. i a Of thorn have ben apprehended. Fifteen minutes nfttr the sl>oottng Genera] Dick, in command of 'h» National «>u«r<.!i«ni«.r\. and th»> regular army oirucrs had declared tht- town under n-inial law, mi.i huttdreda of regulars are now patrolling the streets to prevent further trouble. CAR KILLS SUPERINTENDENT Elevator Falls on Him — Employed at Fac tory Thirty-two Years. Joseph Smith, of No. I.:'Tt> Broadway, superintend ent for Frederick K. Woods & Sons, automobile and wagon manufacturers, at No Hi West Ninsteenth st., was almost instantly allied yesterday at the factory. An elevator fell on him. Smith had been employed In the factory for thirty-two years. His eon. George, also an employe, was standing eiosa to him at the time of the accident. KEEP GOLF FROM MEETING GROUNDS. Courts Appealed to by Members of Mount Tabor Camp Meeting Association. [bt TEtrGKAPn TO TITS rBIBCSV.] Trenton. N. J .. Aug. — Vl<-#-Chan Steven son «Un«'d an order to-day requiring the trustees of tho Mount Tabor C.imp Meeting Association to show cause why they should not be restrained from leasing a portion of their ground* to the Mount Tubor Field Clun for a golf links. isen'amiu Brtttin applied for th« injunction on the ground that the corporate right of the association will not permit It to lease land for a purpose other than religious use. aid that the members of trie Newark .Methodist Conference arc opposed to the proposed innovation. FIRE DRIVES OUT HOTEL GUESTS. Washington. Aug. 19.— More than one hundred guests at the Mount Yernon Hotel, in Pennsyl vania-aye were aroused early this morning by a cry of "Fire!" The blaxs was discovered on the top floor of the building, and a number of sues** had trouble In reaching the street, some being slightly burned. Only one of them, Thomas T. \\. Evans, of Philadelphia, had to be taken to the hospital. He fell while descending the fire escape rope breaking his left leg near the «nkl<» and in juring his bands. The tire did considerable dam age to the building. FEDERATION BROKEN IN CRIPPLE CREEK Colorado Springs. Cat.. Aug. To-day was pay day at the mines of the Cripple Creek district, and it Is estimated th.it the total amount disbursed was close to SJOO.COX According to an estimate made by the Mine Owners and Operators" Association, there are now about 4,200 miners who have taken out c »rds In the association at work, a number exceed ing that employed when the strike was called, one \tar ago. It was estimated at that time that there were 4 000 men nt work In the district, practically all of whom were members of the different unions affiliated wltli the Western Federation of Miners. The 4 100 men now employed owe no allegiance to tha Western Fedeiatlon of Miners. DOCTOR AND BROKER DISAPPEAR. (DT TKLECXUPIJ TO THE TRIBUNE. 1 Baltimore, Aug. 19.— The police authorities are unable to explain the mysterious disappearance of Dr. Champ E. S. Bradfute. a well known phy sician, who left his home in Walbrook-ave. on May 10, and of Clarence B. Hodgdon. a young broker who left his office In Qerman-st. on No vember 23 of last year, and has not been seen or heard from since. The police used every means at their command to find some trace of the missing men. but without success. CHURCH SOLD AT AUCTION. IBT TELEGRAPH TO THE TRIBCNB.I ' Patorson. Aug. 19.— The Episcopal Church of the Holy Communion was sold by Sheriff Bergen thu afternoon to the Union Funding and Loan Asso ciation for $13,000. Only one bid was made, by Sen ator MeKee, as counsel, The German-American Trust Company and the Union Building and Loan Association, holding mortgages on tho church prop erty for J!i.00O and *U.OOO, foreclosed, and the sale o .iv leaves one of the oldest congregations in tho city without a homo of it* own. BIG ENCAMPMENT ENDS. i W. E. Dustin, of Illinois, at Bead , of Sons of Veteran*. Boston. Aug. 19.— thirty-eighth national at. eampment of the Grand Army of th« P.tpublio was practically brought to a close to-day by th» departure of several thousand veterans from ins > city, and by the adjournment of . the convention | of the various organizations which are brascle* c: j the Grand Army of the Republic Sorno of the Grand Army of the Republic fl«j*. ! rates went on a harbor excursion to Nahant. while I those of the Woman's Relief Corps enjoyed aa I outing at Revere Beach. A reception by the Dejagfetara of the Revolution to Mrs. W. W. Black mar, wife of the new commander in chief a£ the ', Grand Army of the Republic: to Mrs. John L. j Bates, wife of Governor Bates, and to Mrs. Patrick j A. Collins, wife of Mayor Collies, all of the Grand • Army of the Republic honorary committee. 404 & ! reception by the Daughters of Veterans at Msd t ford, were other features of the day's programme. | At the annual convention of. the National So=j j of Veterans to-day William E. Dustin. of Dx'.g^ 111., was* elected commander in chief by acciaasv I tion. The following officers also were chosen by *c ; clamation; Senior vice-commander In chief. Georj* 1 S. Gels, of San Francisco; Junior vice-comaiindft. ln chief. M. D. Friedman, of Birmingham, Ala.: j quartermaster general, Fred E. Bolton. of Bsassa! I Mr. Eolion was re-elected. The council la chisl [ was elected as follows: William R. Congdoa, Prort. 1 deuce, R. I.; H. V. Speelman. Cincinnati, Ohio* I and Newton J. McGuire. of Indianapolis. General i R. M. J. Reed, of Philadelphia, was elected cJu«f of staff. It was voted to hold the next convaonaa at Gettysburg. Perm. A new constitution was adopted by which a • greater distinction is drawn between tie military i and civic branches of the ordar. On the Question ! of uniform, which had been discussed earlier ts the sesj lon. the new constitution provides that la ■ those States where it is lawful to carry arms ta* I reserves of the Sons of Veterans snail adopt tas I uniform prescribed for the army of the Coital States. in other States the reserves will wear a plain blue uniform with the buttons covered with j braid. Ida E. Warren, of Worcester, was elected na tional president of the Daughters of Veterans to day. Bertha Martin, of Ohio, was chosen senior i v! CPC P ' d ' nt: Myrtle Kramer, of Illinois. Junior I vice-iireMueni: Hose Klrscn. of New- York. c£l£ lain, aud Carrie *vh<. J( e. of Phiiadeiyaia. UeaSSf Ihe office of patriotic instructor was creuiecL mZi \ Etta Ure«n. of Alassacnu»etts. was caosen to till Tt^ • An unsuccesatul attempt waa made to chaura • be"ujon° f ■•«•«■ to the Daughters of 3? Re? Negio veterans of the Grand Army of the Re public, representing the departments of Mlmi's^w and Louisiana, to-day placed wreaths of laurel mb the Robert dould snaw tablet, opposite the mate House, In Beacon-st. There were 200 negro vet erans in the party which decorated the tablet Colonel Shaw commanded a Massachusetts reaf' ment composed entirely of negroes in tbe Cml »V 3.F. The United States warships Columbia, Minneap olis and Prairie, which have been here in connec tion with the Grand Army of the Republic en campment, sailed this afternoon for Newport B. 1 To-morrow the battleship Massachusetts and th« training ship Hartford will proceed to New-Leasta to Join the coast squadron, of which they at» a part. FLASHLIGHT POWDER EXPLODES. Chicago Chemist Fatally Injured and Hi* House Wrecked. Chicago. Aug. IS.— George L. Englla. aa amateur chemist, while endeavoring this afternoon to sake a photographic flashlight powder, brought about an explosion that fatally injured him. severely hurt bis wife, and wrecked his home, vrhica h» had lately erected at a cost of {12.000. Th<» explosion occurred In the basement of tie house, where he had a workroom, and forced t» floors and roof upward so that his house rssemlH* a dome. The detonation was heard for a mile. MILL PAYMASTER DISAPPEARS. Draws All His Money and Comes to Hew York— Accounts Straight. [BY TEi.Ei3R.irn TO tsz TSISCXI. J Webster, Mass., Aug. 13.— Carl Dietrich, a promi nent German resident ot this town, who has fes charge of the payroll at the Slater Mills for years. did not appear for work as usual this morning. H« has always been punctua£to the minute, and hi* absence alarmed his friends, who began a search His fine residence, where, since the death o2 his wife, he has lived alone, was deserted. It was learned that he took the boat train for New-York last night, drawing all his money from the bank. The New-York police hay* been In formed. Bo far as 's known to-night his account* at the mills are straight. ARRIVAL OF BUYERS. L* Krorrs. Merrill. W;s. . H. Krem. clothta*. No. TO Third-aye.. Brooklyn. Mrs C. Rttnuch, St. Loots, M- ; suits, Victoria. Kepl*r * Co.. Eaa Oafte, W».; Mrs. A. W Hainan. Ella K'pl^r r CTos?. J. H. Kepler. ■try;«x». briscol. The May Cempaay, St. Lmuis. Ma.; Mattel WesseUaaa. TrUlir**rv Spauianiff 'j Froiid A SU»oullan. Strand. O. T. . Jacob E. iloullaa. Crr&ooJs, So 12 East Talra-at.; H. Keller, drysoods, lin.aiiwaj- Central. Symosd Dry Goods Company. Butts. Slant-; U Qots- Uy," tmllinerv. Cumberland. E. li Bell. M.'..-rMl!t. Oa.: dryjoods. Albert. M:i. :■;.■• iiey»r I sons. ■bss* Ga.; Carl Mayer. S«ner>l stare. Brlclalre. J> R V.AT-! & sou. Gr««!i-*dt>ero. Aia.: T. R. ward. drvctx-xSs. No 123 West One-hundred-and-tweaty-ftrsi-it. BuC«r A Bowman. CarU»««. Tex.; a H. BuUar. dry "tl: Sm^blesge, IT!.: C A^er*. firrs***. M* U. LlsiHws Colombo*. Ca . Dava Levy, c'.caas ssi "^lhi Va'moiw, Uunuvufe. Ala-: P. T. Persy. **par: ■S2y?A. P^*^O~c». Mich; **««***« a*4 "*i W i S £g£\ Co.. BdSMS: It. Barnes, Caw, Xo. « ■aiMsgg, 2 . F P- M Allm*n 4 Futnam. MaMlltoa. viii. j. M4»iwa. nzr~ " A^; i ;Z r 'ki^rctty: H. A. (MM. clo* l3 !'abbiYt y * Orahara Company. D^rolt: A. IX Or**«sr.. wScf^ttSJTstt^tir. S. C: 51 H. E«ci COWSS. -, «. **- CielaSlT Sampson. Scran-.on; 11. J. SiKr*«. drr 1 FaßfifPsriite. Be : L. Oasm i»«o»ss. ; a i*¥ smfeSs »**» ** adwav Central. p^-^.i domA 1 " iin»n» »n,l Bannils. .-Co. 13 East E!sS«enil«-«: . *TY. %tn ■ Cc. FlorWt. s c: xr. d. Bssgsaa 1: W. Ed- a Ms ,t Son. t?yr«cn*e: Mrv E. F. »,\* miiir.*'v. an: Mi»s K. Your.*, women. •••« }'f?*i.- v Mar- »i«td * Co.. Cktc^o; Mrs. **,**?*& 32cZ rood* No lv* ■tt'enn-et., lm;*ria). and U. E- «-U-«. UV^ l TrZ^% Co.?Qr«cl Baplds: M. Fr.«*nan. «* coodt. cloak*, etc, TtoodwaTd. _ H. H. Grigs* Compinv. »|^M^saSs dr>-*f«>d!i. furuisMng gx-d--. etc.. ar.i A, E. SCMaT*** ? 55SS*Tc*«Si55«r.; E. Grout. *«««. ■" nj?^^Co^ro^^n^,.n j?^^C o^ro^^ n^,. S T. Hu^on. <«- Hwtsr. Svsoosa, ««UOM rO-r-nr.r 0-r-nr. aWo^ G.^U Huntw. ingoois, ucUcca an.i furaUUias *ooJ*. Oant>« *vLmmm Brother.. Toio^. C. E. B. l*m*m uryfoo*. No. 45 U»oenarJ-*t.. l'at'< Av^nae. c , A Lama Dry Goods Company Lim^Ohlo. B. w t. 4ry,ooctß. r.-t! m and tornlshtos aooda. fcarUnj-on. E H. TSSIHI I A Co.. H.I Spr.nc*. Ar*.. J *- «* -" *lic^^osS^SSrtl--a ; C. N. JUCte* » 'TK^ Co-. T0.,:.; I.A Corcoran, carp** '-'--^,^- (5 A W+ **- 11. Bradshaw. cotssta, No. I'M arand-st.. *J!l^7 taiß a, dr>^s. r.ottcnt^n3 furnshtrs v^^S^Saau «*» A Ri«enb*re. GreenwooJ. 3. «-.; dryp>«la. nouu» Cl^^hir°^.ra. K a w-Orl«an.: J. M. ■—»* **$*&&"££ 2aTeVf.ee* aM cloihisg. M-»»- O s!hlirrran * Co.. 11l ■ Ala.: JM**** «" Kfco.ls. notions and turniahiaK **>£*- n^v t:l 4on. *»• Shwaru A Isaacs Company. rlovw. veiunr.. cttMaa* •«•• • >o. « "SSwi Bo** Ta.; W. B. l^wson 4 Spt»s<.m ta*l»>. >* -** Chttrsa- Va.; Vi". B. Lawson and T. O. Easier. !»*.«•*»«- Sycle Juliu? * Sons. Richmond. Va-: S. Syd«. *-• roods, silks an.l velvets. Mariborou»|j. nntilil- *•*" Thalheliaer Brothers. R!"hroor.a: m. ■■■" Trask. jhiiiarl 4 Richardson Obnopany. ■^aert^fc. J. P. Hannaa. cloak* ac.l Mlt*. No. •* l***— _. V % U. Traun.tln*. Ctecla»tt; wocn- **• r3r 30 * 1 * 0^ \Va<M*lf. UouitPn. T«.; carpet*. AlJ*/^ vcttar Wetnb*rß ctothlns company. Staunton. *•-. — ber<. ,-loth.nr,. B*l»«d»ie. T.aB.:W. P. ™«» Kaoxvtaa. Tana.. w - Ck-thitiK, A!^^ % rt. U^er/Pcnr,; _• A. Gr«lf *T WcxlwarJ ft Qrsfj. llawley. Perm., * A. or«» gonds &nJ notions. N>w Anis:erdam. w s MsH» H. 11. Grig*. Company. Nswart. Ohio; w « Jewelry. 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