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MILL DEFER "L" STRIKE.
CONFER AGAIN TO-DAY.
Local Butchers to Leave National
Union—Labor Day Parade.
The situation regarding the threatened
strike <m the elevated roads remained un
rbanged. A conference to have been held
with August Belaiont by the leaders of the
brotherhoods and the amalgamated was post
poned until to-day. In the mean time the
Tnterborough went ahe*d hiring nen and
making other preparations for a strike
Most of the striking butchers in the citr
yesterday applied to return* to work in the
packing houses on the open shop basis, thus
showing that the lot-al berf strike was at an
md. Disgusted with the result of their
sympathetic strike, they arc preparing to
leave the national organization and form a
purely local union.
Officers of the Building Trades Employers'
Association said no definite plan of settlement
had been proposed to them, although they
had been receiving hazy suggestions.
The Labor Day parade of yesterday was
only about half as large as that of last year
in this city. J 3.000 men being in line. Little
enthusiasm marked the progress of the proces
sion down Fifth-aye. Representatives of the
Building Trades' Alliance did not appear in
the parade.
STRIKE BREAKERS READY.
Sub'iay Can Be Put in Operation
Almost at Once.
The three union officers who are most on
r«>rned in the trouble between the. Interborough
3 -arid Transit Company and the elevated em
1 'lajes, fcpent a most active day yesterday.
Though vhey had delivered an ultimatum to
the Interborough company, there was the pos
sibility that a compromise might be acepted. If
n jt, the strike situation reverted to the place
■ here it was two days' ago.
Mr. Belmont sent word he would meet the
officers of the several association to-day at 2:30
p. m. at No. 120 Broadway, if any conference
Mas necessary before Tuesday, they might find
him at No. 44 West Thlrty-fourth-st. As a
matter of fact, they did not find him there, and
all negotiations were put over till to-day.
The strike officials spent most of the day at
the Broadway Central Hotel waiting for the
answer from August Belmont. At 6 o'clock
there came a message from the offices of the In
terborough company, which declared that the
answer must be put over until to-day. It was
Raid that If then the national officials decided
that there was no chance to win the local offi
cers would not take any Independent action.
MAHON FORCED OVER.
At the Broadway Central the national officers
who were seen wern inclined to ridicule proposi
tions for a compromise. President Mahon of
the Amalgamated has been "bluffed" into sup
porting the Brotherhood. If he had not, the
local brotherhoods were ready to leave the
A malgamated.
There Is an explanation of President Mahon 's
change of front. Hs is the president of all
of the electrical railway employes. The New-
Tork local Is the most powerful body on which
the national officers have a hold. The local
members -of - the Amalgamated, through local
President George Pepper, are commit teed to
ttand '!■;.- the brotherhoods. They have Indi
cated to President Mahon that he must stand
by the engineers and firemen. If he does not
the local association, the strongest which the
Amalgamated has, might withdraw and continue
the fight on its own account.
There Is no .doubt that the local officials of
Ibe brotherhoods are dissatisfied with the way
In which the strike negotiations have been con
•?.;• ted President Jencks of the Brotherhood of
Locomotive Engineers declared yesterday that
if he had been running the strike the company
would never have, had ali this time to prepare^
•v\-e may lose this struggle," said Mr. Jencks
yesterday, but if we do U is only the begin-
QtMjf of a struggle for rational wages In the ȟb
«ayj We never an be satisfied with the propo
sitions which the Interboi-ough Company has
m;ide-so tar.'' ' •
DRILLING NEW MEN. '
Iln the mean lime Mr. Farley, strikebreaker,
has oeeu PfjfcfcUjw his organization or men who
* v never run a train on the elevated or th.
wbway. butwhu are ready to work op, either. .
At the Dvy-st. headquarters of the Tnterbo;-
wgh Company men who wanted Jobs as "strlko
h<Vikers" fell over each other all day. It was a
io!e'y crowd which the special police provided by
t'^ Interfcorouifh Company ha 4, trouble keeping
f I'ne. The first class of tbe "Etrlk-sbreakers';
' rmtiuwd na third pa c«. ,
V«WKT'S ' Pirßjj; WINKS -'AND IVjUAPB" JPI«?a
< ■ij**.;uu\it'.i for (h.- -.v^jt iui.l i,Vf»r'.w<irk»fd. •
. -ka\t/' OvWO >' & 3*i» £.'o.,"s3«>KH!ton-St.,. : N.jy.- r
To-morrow, fair; To-day, tnlr. north wind.
To-morrow, fair; l| r h t y o fresh norti windi
THEATRICAL. PROTECTIVE UNION.
RIVER LEAK STOPS G4RS.
Divers Work While 25J000 Union
Passengers Wait Three Hours.
More than twenty-five thousand pleasure seek
ers were hindered, for three hours yesterday by
the leaking of a power cabl of the Union Rail
way Company, which tied up all of the com
pany's lines south of One-hundred-and-forty
ninth-st. The stop tck place at 10 a. m.. when
the oars bound out through The Bronx w<*re
crowded. It was 1 p. m. before tho leak was
repaired so that service could be resumed.
The trouble was caused by a leak in the cable
under the Harlem River at Oae-hundred-and
thirty-eighth-st , due to a break in the insula
tion. This cable feeds all the company's linos
south of One-hundred-an<l-forty?ninth-st. from
the eMtropolitan's power house at One-hundred
and-forty-sixth-st. and Lenox-ave. The cause
of *he break in the Insulation is unknown.
As. soon as It wns discovered :it the pow»r
house that the power was off the Hne, Inspec
torse were sent out to :i;id tlw cause. Whpn it
■was found to be In tho river divers were
work. This is the most difficult pla n the
line at which to make repairs. It was more
than two hours after the h-a^ape waa found be
fore, these men could mnk** temporary repairs
and get the «.ars in operation ag
Meanwhile, at One - hundred - and - twenty -
eighth-st. and Third-aye.. the terminal of the
Vnion Railway Company's lines, a huge crowd
had gathered from points all alotiK the way DP
TW island, bound for points In The Bronx, up
the Hudson and on the Sound.
FIGHT. SORELY WOUNDED.
Italians Tear Bandages Off in
Ambulance — Three May Die.
Tiie posfsslon of a dollar bill led to a fight with
Ftiiettos in front of 124 Mott-st. last night among
Barboro Di L.uehl. Giuseppe Neapolitans and Sal
vatore Matta. of 114 Mott-st. The three hacked
each otht-r so that all may d^- They ure In S».
Vincent's Hospital, all prisoners. i>l Lrtichi and
Neapolitano fought In the amhulauce as they were
• taken to the hospital.
Detective sergeants had heard n crowd
the men. Di I.uohi and Neapolita.no f •• 1 1 a.« the
detectives reached them, but Malta illaanpaaian 1
though sorely wounded In the abdomen. J"ti Lu< hi
had a htiletto wound In the left side of the, abdo
men, and it was said afterward be had not
chance to recover from such an injury- N<
tano had two stab wounds in tho right rhoulder,
two more in the left shoulder and angrier under
the left arm. None of these wounds were Blight.
The men only cursed each other in Italian. They
were carried to the Mulberry-st. station, while hm
ambulance, was on the way from St. Vincent*!
Hospital. Dr. O'Leary bandaged their woonda us
swiftly as possible, had them carried into tho am
bulance and told Hie driver to get to the hospital
quickly.
Aa the vehicle started off DI Lueht and Neapoll
tano struck each other In the face. Then they bent
each other brutally, showing great strength for
men so badly wounded. They tore their hsmlSSXa
ofT in their eagerness. Dr. o'Leary tried to prevent
the fight, but soon found he c-.a Id not. He juinpM
off the wagon, shouting to the driver to turn back.
Then he ran to the station for help, and two poU< e
men were sent out. They jumped aboanl the am
bulance and quieted th<- Italian*.
Half an hour later Matta staggered Into th<
tion, weak from a stab wound under the heart
Dr. O'l^ary was summoned agaun. and he said the
v.-ound was a bad one.
THREE VIEW HER BODY.
All Well Dressed—Go to Morgue in
Cabs—Refuse Names.
Two women and a man, all refined, well dressed
and apparently wealthy, visited tho Morgue and
looked on the body Of the woman found ou Friday
in Central Park, 1 who died an hour later.
The. man start .1 bark involuntarily, tried to
shield his face with his gloved hands, and was
hrard to mutt«r:
"My God! My God!"
Refusing to give. his name, or say whether he
knew the woman, he. hurried out and. walking to
Flr'st-avf., got into a. hansom cab that was wait
ing, and was driven rapidly west through Twenty
elxth-st. to "Fifth-aye. The cab turned north In
Flfth-ave.
Forty minutes* later the two women called. They
showed their surprise on seeing the woman's face,
by looking quickly at each other.
■ '."How long do you keep the bodies of the dead
htrar' - V
. ••if no • Identification Is made, a week or ten
days is. the very longest a body is kept." wjs the
answer. The women refused to t.-ik about them
selves 1 , but said that if the body could he ' kept
a day or bo some one might Identify the woman.
They walked to First-aye. and took a cab that
»»•■ waiting for them.
The woman h»d been found with a crumpled
no'e in her band, which read: ! .
••.j. R.— Don't forget what .you have done to
me/ M. -K."
. A silver thimble and a spool. of thread, were found
in her pocket. She carried a 'Protestant prayer
book. In which were the initial?. "I. c '«.'•.. Sim
was i handrotro.-. of refined appears ut-e and well
drefsed.
CROWDS AT "HALLELUJAH" WEDDING.
Salvation Army Couple Married at Glyndon
Park. Baltimore.
I xsr Tn.EonAi'H to mi: tribkxe.)
more. Sept. s.—Society. —Society people from hundreds
of beautiful country home* in the western suburbs
of Baltimore turned out to-day to see the "Halle
lujah" wedding of Lieutenant Frederick Mower. of
tho Salvation. Army, of New-York, and Miss Grace
MMI'-r. a Baltimore -lassie, at Glyndon Park.
' The people of the countrywide,', rich ; and lowly.
flocked tf the 'wedding," stylish glrlu'ln automobiles
«nd .' coaches.' country couples .in buggien. farmer
boyain^mule carts, and crowds A from kb« city In
troUiyiCiir^ . until there were 1 - more than. 2.C00 peo
pl^^alHeTftJ nbolit Itiie taiK-riiaole. I" th* wood<i,
[Colonel {UlKgluti performed .tb<v ceremony and 2.00 D
voices' joined ItilthC; weddlna' L chorus-";. r '
NEW-YORK. TUESDAY. SEPTEMBER 6. 1904. -TWELVE PAGERS-
SCENES IN THE LABOR DAY PARADE
UNITED HOUSESMITHS 1 AND BRIDGEMEN'S UNION.
M'GRAW TOO POPULAR.
Manager Goes to Hospital After
Hush of Admiring Crowd.
John J. McGraw, manager of the New-York
National baseball team, is In danger of think
ing it does not pay to be a popular idol. His
players, far In the lead for the championship of
the National League, added to their list of vic
tories the two games of a "double header"
played at the Polo Grounds yesterday after
noon. A Labor Day crowd of more than thirty
seven thousand watched the play, and a great
part of these enthusiasts swarmed joyously on
the field and tried to carry the popular little
manager away on their shoulders. McGraw
was trampled under foot and had to go to the
hospital with his left ankle sprained.
The accident happened Just after Mcrtes sent
out a. hit which brought in the winning run.
The crowd rushed on to the field to carry both
M<rtes and McGraw to the dressing rooms.
When McGraw was seen at his home. No. 100
■West Elghty-cighth-st.. surrounded by a num
ber of admiring and sympathetic friends, last
night, he made light of the accident, saying: "I
was hurrying from the field to my dressing
room when some one tripped me, and I was
thrown to the ground, my foot being twisted
under me. They carried ma to the J. Hood
Wright Hospital, and there they fixed me up
OK. I will !>•• out in a day or two at most.
It really doesn't amount to anything.
When asked if he did not know that it was
the intention of the crowd to carry him on their
Bhouldcrs. IfcGraw replied, "No, forget it."
CAR KILLS POLK EM AX.
HiA Horse Shies and Throws Him
Under the Winch.
Mounted Policemen Edward Burns, of Yon
kers, was id!!' i yesterday afternoon by a trolley
car. Ho had just left the stMlon and was
bound for his jmst. As hi was riding along
Klin-st., Yonkers. his horse shied nt an ap-
preaching trolley car and backed directly in
front of It. The car was moving rapidly, and.
although the motonnan tried to stop, he could
not. The front of the car hit the horse and
knocked the policeman from the saddle and In
front of the car. He was roiled under it and
killed. Tho passengers In the car aided la tak
ing the body out. Dr. H. V. Wolff was presrnt
and said that death must have been Instan
taneous. The horse ran away and was caught
some time later.
Burns leaves a widow and two small children.
They are visiting at West Athens, N. Y. Burns
was about six feet iii height and welshed about.
two hundred pounds. He was one of the best
men on the force there.
PRESIDENTS TO MEET
Diaz, of Mexico, Expected to Attend a Hunt
in Texas, as Guest, with Roosevelt.
IBV mKOBAMI TO TUB TRIBUNE.!
Galvcston, Sept. 5. — The Presidents of two re
publics are scheduled to bo in Texas during the
latter part of November. President Rooaevelt,
some time ago, promised Colonel Cecil Lyons,
chairman of the Texas Republican Executive
Committee, that he would come here for the
purpose. of spending a week or so hunting In
this State and the Indian Territory. At the
same time President Diaz of Mexico will visit
101 Paso to attend the National Irrigation Con-
Kt-eas. He has arranged for a tour of Europe
this winter, and, bains much interested In irri
gation, has signified his Intention of attending
the convention while on his way to St. Louis
and Europe.
The people promoting the hunt will Invite
President Diaz to accompany them, and it Is
stated that he will accept the Invitation and
meet President Roosevelt.
SIX SAVED FROM UPSET LAUNCH
Boat Overturned Off Atlantic City — Fisher
men Cling to Bottom for an Hour.
Atlantic City. N. J.. Sept. s.— Six persons were
taken from the. bottom of an overturned launch on.
!),■■ bar off Bamegat early tUi3 evening by th»
men of the. life, saving crew. The rescues were
made with difficult^, owing to the high seas run
ning, maklns. II iiTiDoSElbl« to lay thelsurf boat
BlonK*'4e tin- wrecked launch. •
This launch whs owned by Can tains John id»ms
and .John Krickon. 'Hut had four mm •• from Phil
adelphia, iin<l were out 'fishing. ' The 'steering gear
.became disarranged, and. the boat drifted unto the
■„,-• and overturned. The six crawled to the to;>
of the hull, and clung there for an hour. Two were
■wasbecf off. and . . -.'■•• i. .-(ii« , by Aduma and Brick
on and hauled back on- the hull.
STRIKING MINERS SENT TO JAIL
Charge Nominally Contempt of Court More
Serious Offences Alleged. .
i by TELEGRAPH TO .hi: TUIIU'XE. 1 •
' Springfield. 111-. Sept. -John H. Van Gordon
and F. M. Hollpn. two striking miners accused of
violating the -Injunction' in the suit ' brought by
Joseph Letter* Zlegl , Coal Cc;r.pany against t»e
United Mine Workers and , other*-, were arraigned
In the United gjtates Court to-day. Van Gordon
pleaded guilty and was sentenced to a year it! the
county jail. Hollon stooJ trial, but was found
guilty and •*• sentence^ to six months. : The
charm in fach cas#» was contempt of court.
Vert Gordon was .accused of attempting, to .wreck
a «n"ciar train bound to the Zoigler mine with .a
.■4i!oid of non-union miners on August 10. and an
mitted the offf-nce. giving as his ixcum that he
wax drunk at the lime He also admitted- firms
on a train which waH carrying- non-unibn- men to
the mine on Aujust 18. Hollon was charged with
n"inc on ft train and .with 'trespassing on. the prop
ritv of th* company. .
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THE DUBOIS MYSTERY.
Coroner's Finding Expected To-day
— Girl Lover Arrives.
fBT TELEGRAPH TO THE TRIBUNE. 1
New -Haven, Conn., Sept. v.— Mystery still sur
rounds the death of Miss Louise Dubois, the at
tractive Valesviile girl who was found dead on
the beach at Woodmont on last Friday by a
clamdisger, but it'is expected that in twenty
four hours the finding of the coroner, which will
embody tho reports of 'Medical Examiner C.
T. Bartlett. of New-Haven, and Dr. John F.
Barnett, the medical examiner of Westhaven.
will be made. Coroner Mix said to-night that
the difficulty in solving the case was great, and
that he had not made up his mind whether the
girl was murdered or had committed suicide.
Dr. Bartlett to-day examined the girl's stomach
to ascertain if poison caused her death, and to
morrow the coroner will examine the lungs, in
the hope of finding some clew there.
Ernest La Pointe, of Hamilton, N. J.. who was
Miss Dubols's sweetheart, arrived in New-Haven
to-night and will be questioned to-morrow by
Coroner Mix. It ts understood that Dr. Barnett
has reached the conclusion through a careful
examination that Miss Dubois was severely
stunned before the drowning took place and that
he so reported to the coroner. As time wears on
the indications .point strongly to foul play, in
View of the fact that there are so many conflict
ing stories as to the girl's actions and where
abouts on the day of her death. It Is Impossible
to find a Witness who Is alleged to have been
with Miss Dubots on the night she met her
death, the coroner having hunted nearly all day
In that attempt. -Miss Dubois's body was buried
this afternoon in South Meriden, her former
home.
DIES IX TENNIS COURT.
Player Anadous te Win Game
Friends Were Watching.
William Cowdrey, twenty-one years oM
of the cra<-:. tennis players of New-BocheUe,
white playli I lay on the. courts of th-*
Biwanoy Tennis c"lui>, at New-Rocneile, wsja
attack' tl by heart disease and died in a few mo
anenta,
Cowdrey, who was tin- son of Frank Cowdrey,
■ lawyer, overexerted Mmaelf while trying to
win a g;ii)ie which his friends, several of whom
were young women, were watching, and it hi
believed he ruptured a blood vessel. When ho
fell to the ground several women screamed, and
players in games on the different court! has
tened to his side.
llv was tarried Into the clubhouse and Dr.
Beyea waa . •■.■i for. Be said death had been
almost Instantaneous. Mr. Cowdrey, In addi
tion to being a tennis player, was a R<>if»>r and
y.ii Btsroso.
ABRESTED AT PRESIDENT'S HOME.
Strange Man Captured by Secret Service
Officers, After Hard Fight.
fur TEUCGIUPH TO Til. 2 TBIBL'NE. I
Oyster Bay, N. V.. Sept. 5-— A shabbily dressed
man, apparently a tramp, was arrested late this
afternoon at Sagamore Hill by the Secret Ser
vice men on guard there. He struggled fiercely,
but was overpowered In short order by the de
tectives. He refused to give an Intelligible ac
count of himself, and chattered in a language
unknown to the guards who brought him to the
village. Mr. Franklin, the local Justice of the
peace, ordered him locked up in the village Jail,
and will give him a hearing to-morrow morn
ing-.
DROWNS IN TWO FEET OF WATER.
Fisherman's Head and Shoulders Stick in
Mad When He Falls from Boat.
Huntington. Long Island. Sept. s.— William Gris
tr-lbach. twenty-one >•«•:« old, who lived at No. '.'-'
West Sixty-seventh-Bt., Manhattan, while crabbing
in tba mill pond here yesterday, fell from a boat
into two feet of water. He was alone in the boat
at the time, but other companions who were a
short distr.nce off heard the splash and went to
bis aid.
They reached him in a couple of minutes. They
found his head and shoulders stuck In the mud a.
lie bottom of the pond, and when taken from the
water he was dead, having been suffocated. . . ■
FINE FOURTEEN FOR SPEEDING AUTOS.
Colonel A. A. Pope's Son and Simeon Ford's
Driver Among Them — Chester Raid.
The Port Chester police i— ' a strip of the
Boston Post Read Just one-eighth of. a mil.- long
on Saturday. Sunday and yesterday they set stow
watches at each end of the section, and caught
fourteen machines oxceedlnc th limit allowed by
law. Justice Wilcox lined each of the offenders $10.
and gave warning that next time it would be heav
ier. 'He "also announced that they must be care
ful iii all parts of the town, as the police would
shift their place of working.
All but two of the chauffeurs caught were local
men. Colonel A. A. Pope's son was caught with one.
of his father's machines. That machine did the
measured ours.' In 16 seconds. , James . Hunt,
the. runner of Simeon Ford's machine, a foreign
built affair, made the beat time recorded by th»
police, as ho went th.«' distance in a shade better
than 15 seconds. It looked as If It would be Im
possible to j stop ■ him. but he slowed down [ wind
stopped when he was signalled to do so. Neither he
nor Mr. -Pope disputed the' police;charge. and paid
the fine i itho protest. ,
JIEDUCED RATES"' ACCOUNT ARMY MA
NCKITVUES'.ATMANASdAS." VA.V
-via • Pennsylvania ■• Railroad. -Sei't." I:! to-! 10. ''."Tickets
,B<md to return, within eleven dnya. .' Consul! ticket
'astnt.*-'Advu" ' ••■■•■■■
by Thr Tribun* AaaMflattoaL
PASSING THROUGH WASHINGTON* ARCH BEFORE DISBANI
ARMY OF CZAR REPORTED LOST.
REAR GUARD ANNIHILATED AXD MAIX BODY IX
PERIL— MOUKDEN TO BE ABANDONED.
All the Japanese Forces in Pursuit of Fleeing Russians — Flat
Detachment Hurrying Toward Moukden from Pensihu.
A Russian disaster which may end in the annihilation or surrender of
(General Kuropatkin's army is reported both from St. Petersburg and
Hsin-Min-Tun. The Russian rear guard fleeing from Yentai north
ward is unofficially said to have been cut to pieces, and the main body to
he in great peril. All the Japanese troops have crossed the Tai-Tse in
pursuit, and a strong flanking force was yesterday moving northward
from Pensihu in an endeavor to head off the Russian retreat.
A dispatch from Moukden says that preparations are being made
to evacuate that town. This report is confirmed from other sources. The
abandonment of Moukden would mean, according to St. Petersburg ad
vices, the loss of all Southern Manchuria and the end of the present
campaign.
Advices derived chiefly from Russian sources at Port Arthur s«y
th«tt the Japanese renewed the assault on August 27, and after three
days' fighting lost all the positions taken near the northern forts except
Pali-Chwang. Their losses are placed at 8.000, the Russian casua^es
being given as 3,000. The efficient strength of the garrison is estimated
at 12,000.
TO EVACUATE MOI'KDKN.
Report That Russians Will Aban
iamu Toun to Japanese.
Moukden. Sept. 3.— Preparations for the ev»c-
I ft Moukden are proceeding-
Tho Japanese advance is within thirty miles.
London. Sept. C>.— "The Daily Mail" this morn-
Ing prints a dispatch from Hsin-Min-Tun, dated
Sept. ">. giving a report that General Kuropat
kins retreat has been cut off.
The dispatch goes on to say that the Russian
troops had advanced in strong force to the
southeast of Moukden as far a3 Ta-Ping Hill
to oppose any possible attack in the direction of
their advan.c.
A Chinese official who arrived from Moukden
;>n Sunday says that the Russian troops are
g there for the north; that there are eight
een thousand men ten miles to the east of the
city: that the officers and men hay become dls
plrited and that much sickness prevails.
Bt. Moral ursr. Sept. • ft£ft a. m.>— lt is im
possible at this hour to obtain any statement
from the authorities regarding the reported
preparations for the abandonment of Moukden.
This is the* first intimation that such a course
is contemplated. if it turns out to be true it
means the abandonment of the whole of South
.iii Man. liurUi. and the winding up of the pres
et i .ati:paign.
Should Moukden be evacuated there would be
i:.> pohn for wintering the army of a quarter of
a million men. Witt its many wounded, short
of Harbin
the other hand, the town's evacuation
would give Fi 'Id Marshal Oyama commodious
winter quarters and the practical control of \w>
Uses of railway. Tlu Kin-Chow and Hsin-Mi: -
Tun line, tapping rich Chinese territory, stops
little short of Moukden. with which It Is con
nected by a good wagon road.
The report of the prospective evacuation of
Moukden. if well founded, would indicate that
the crippling effect of the IJao-Yang nght on
Kuropatkin's army is more serious than has as
yet been Intimated.
FIGHT XEAR MOUKDEN?
Russian Report Which May Refer
to a A 'etc Turning Movement.
Cental. Sept. 4 (Delayed).— Desultory- fighting
took place' on September " in the vicinity of
Moi-kden.
Tie above dispatch, if correct, would account
for a Japanese. force which was reported to have
left New-Chwaasj several weeks ago. These troops
were* estimated .to .number from flve^ thousand to
twenty thousand. , and were "moving, dispatches
Id v? the Liao Hiver toward IMn-Mln-Tun. No
idvices have been received to show whether this
body continued 1 its march north or. Joined Oku'a
army One, recent dispatch reported a Russian,oc
eupotit-n of Hstn-Mm-Tun;'. which la the line of
neutral territory. . . ' ;
'rriTHDRAWINQ TRAINS OX PENNSYLVANIA
.RAILROAD. -
on September T. the Pennsylvania Railroad will
-.uiwlraw two .trains In each direction between
saw-York and T^ons - Hraneh. A*btiry Park and
Point Pleasant: nUn- Saturday only train* to Mill
'itone Jum'tldn .mil Penh Amboy Junction. See
neTV ,tlrae abets. . - - ..
PKK'E THREE CENTS.
GREAT RUSSIAN REVERSE.
Main Army Reported Cut Of —
Japanese in Fierce Pursuit.
St. Petersburg. Sept. 6.— lt was reported at a
late hour last night that General Kuropatkir a
rearguard had been almost annihilated, and
that the main Russian army was in imminent
danger of being surrounded.
A dispatch received from General Kuropatkio.
forwarded on Sunday evening, indicates that
Kuropatkin's army and General Kurokl's army
are racing for Moukden. and that the result :*
in doubt.
The whole Russian army, with the exception
of a detachment covering the retreat, is already
above Tentai station, and is pushing on toward
Moukden.
The whole of rield Marshal Oyama's army
has crossed the Tai-Tse River, and part ot It :s
hanging on to Kuropatkin's flank. The Japan
ese respeatedly attacked the Russian rearguard
on Sunday, but were in every instance repulsed.
The bulk of the Japanese forces is marcninff
direct on Moukden.
A strong flanking column on the east Is push
ing rapidly north, in the effort to head off th#
Russians.
Against this column Kuropatkin has sent out
a strong cavalry division to the northeast,
while to the westward he is moving
\ Ision towari Hsln-Mln-Jun. thirty mile?
of Moukden. to meet any interference that may
be attempted from the direction of
Chwang.
Oyama's advance is reported to be engaging
the Russian rear, but It is not expected I
velop anything more serious than a series of
rearguard actions, tending to harass Kuropat-
Uln's retreat.
... The -Japanese, have thrown a strong: flanking:
column across the Tai-Ts* at Benltzu (Pensihu>.
about thirty miles east of Liao- Yang, which la
i hurrying to the northwest' in an endeavor V»
get in between the Russian army and Moukde"
■ It is against this movement that Kuropat&iri has
'dispatched Lieutenant General Rennenkampff
with a strong Cossack division, which it .is be,
lieved is already blocking the eastern high road.
. Kuropatkin has three roads over which* he si
marching towards Moukden. besides the double
tracked railway. The latter is chiefly occupied
In the transportation of guns and equipment, of
which there Is a great amount.
• The soldiers are marching In light order, and
most of the wounded have already bet: dis
patched north by rail.
General Kuropatkin. In a telegram to th Gen
eral Staff, filed at I■ p. m.. September 5. north
of Yentai. says the Japanese on Sunday en
gaged his rearguard south of Yentai, the. fight
continuing until Monday. The telegram details
the precautions taken to checkmate the Jap
anese flankers.
Kuropatkin estimates bis losses up to and
including September 4 at IG.OOO. This Is consid
ered to be a. very conservative figure. Th- los^
to tl:e Japane-e probably will be double, this
number, ovvins to their position as attackers.
It is reported here, but not yet confirmed, that
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