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BLOODY FIGHT LIKELY,
GUN TRAINED ON MINERS.
Strike Situation in Ohio Groves
More Perilous.
Plllonvale. Ohio. May With a Maxim gun
•mined on a email band of striking miners,
erfiot* frenzy of anger is rapidly increasing, and
snfier Kuard of on* hundred detective* armed
*itb Winchester* and revolvers, whose orders
gr? to shoot to kill If necessary — non-union min
e* &r* being rushed here from West Virginia.
s^nttone thousands of sympathizing * foreign
Hiir.«* c are marching here, working up their en-
Hnvlxi c *r-. to fever heat by singing their native
patriotic pongs, and a clash, involving blood
»fc»d, I* regarded by many as Inevitable.
•TVr have orders to shoot, and short to kill,"
wK^ the declaration of the Cleveland leader of
the guard to-day.
Superintendent cox announces that there will
1« H9 bloodshed except in the last extremity.
Tac whole county knows, however, that both
tides a-*- prepared for a struggle to the death.
Jt i* the avowed intention of. the operators to
break the union, and the union men say that the
mines shall be prevented from running at all
costs.
Th» situation hourly grown more perilous. On
Monday there will be a big mass meeting at
pjnithfi>M. Miners from the three districts will
I* present numbering two thousand or more.
National interpreters of the union are coming
en from Philadelphia to address the miners in
their own tongue. Other officials are expected.
At the very hour of the meeting the United
States Coal Company will make its first attempt
to run the mines.
"Wbei that attempt is made there will be war
1-, :h«* vßil*»y." Mirl Vice-President Griggs of the
-day. "We do not want trouble.
the duty of the officials to try to avert it.
But I have seen our men in angry mobs before.
The company had better delay action."
When Ofty non-union miners were landed at
the P'um Run mine^late last night the Maxim
the company's office was trained on the
hillsir>« where were grouped five hundred
Ptrikinjr miners.
i-gr? were switched upon the coal tracks,
c non-union men, one by one, filed into
the tipple above. To-day they are being housed
.ires left vacant by strikers who have
district.
Superintendent \al cox said to-Gay that 150
roinere will be brought in to-night and Sunday.
Circuit Judge John M. Cook to-day advised
D C. reck, justice of the peace of Warren
"township, that he is empowered to seize all
arms' and ammunition in the hands of the
guards at the Pium Run mine, on the ground
that they constitute an armed force invading
a peaceable community with malicious intent
Justice Peck complained that the guards are
shooting at inoffensive citizens.
Judg* Richards, of the county court, at one* 1
dispatched Sheriff Vorhees to the scene, with
Depot) Sheriff Murray, to serve notice that all
violators will *•*> visited with retribution.
Prosecutor Boss Alban this morning conferred
•with the two judges, and action will be taken
on Monday to prevent bloodshed, if possible.
General Manager A. G. Williard. of Cleveland,
Rrrtved last night to take personal charge of
Jiis forces in the expected battle. A former
I'nlted Slates artilleryman is in charge. of th«
rapid-fire gun. and a Cleveland detective agent
Is *«■» command of the armed patrol.
Z Crews of the Wheeling & Lake Erie coal trains
lav been ordered to report at the mines on
■onday. ready for the flret shipment of coal.
The strikers announce that they will try to per
fUßd«» the railroad men to abandon the trains.
Ouards for the railroad property will be pro
vided by the coal operators. (
ibrnville, Ohio. May 1 Thousands ol min
ers in Jefferson County are on the march to-day
in the mining districts, and at each mining towr
they are listening to speeches from their officers,
Th«=-y are preceded by bands, and march along
ringing the "MRrsellaise," or fongs peculiar U
their rac and country. The Hungarian, Ital
ian and Polish flags are carried alongside* th<
"i "nixed States flag by the marchers. There if
nr.t h waver In the ranks of the foreigners, ever
though offers of cheap rent for shacks, free cos.
end other inducements have been mad«
If the miners are evicted they will ask thf
*tat« for the tents of the Ohio National Guard
to camp on leased ground?.
Four additional cases of Winchester rifles wen
received at Plum Run Mine to-day. The Maxim
gun was given its final test and found in work
ing order.
"We have the gun largely for the salutary of
}»rt it wHI exercise on the men," said Superin
tendent ■ '■%] C«x immediately after, "but we
»hal! ui-e it if necessary."
Cleveland. May 39— Despite tne alarming re
pen* which Hue from Dillonvale, Smithfielr
sr.3 other points in the strike district, Clcvelanc
coa; cp* razors who are Interested in the prop
«rii«s declare there will be no trouble. The:
explain that th« apparent activity of the locs
officials indicates That there is no cause foi
alar?:;, and deny that th«Te hap been any mov
to pwk the protection of sta troops. Thej
com*n<i that conditions are peaceful;
TO START NON-UNION MINES.
Wheeling, A. Va.. May 19.— The rroviden:
Owl 'Vrpanv. of St. ClalrsviHe, Bebnont Com
ty, Ohio, fit-vrn miles vest of her. , brought fifti
fcon-tmi'jii miners to town to-day and got then
,'nto a boarding house before the union picket*
"~*-re a*ar» of the move. An effort aril! be inad<
tostari th- mines with non-union men on Mon
As there are four thousand men In ih<
«'ou!ity mi strike trouble is feared. Nation*
Vt<*-i> re ci,jenl Lewis has sent word he v.ii
'•on* to Urilgeport next week, to take charg<
•* the situation. ___ ______
THREAT FOR D. R. FRA.\( 1&
* World* Fair President Told to Girt
Up $5,000 or Die. .
Wiy T«toffjc*s4i to The Tribune]
fi t- Louis. May I*.— The police are working
»itb a letter as their clew, to capture the anon
ymous writer .ho threatened to kill ex-Gov
ernor D R. Francis, president of the World*
fa *r. if he did not drop $5,000 at No. 6500 Etze
■venae on Thursday n'.ght between 8 and 1(
•"clock. According to Chief of Detectives Dcs-
Btosi <2, Colin Thompson". Francis's secretary
«»lled on Chief Gilkepy Thursday with a letter
***:«-Jv*«J that morning.
"Bring it yourself," the letter commanded
"1 v i;; be there and I will give three signal.'
*fcich you cannot fail to recognize." Detective*
'-'atk: and Schreck were at the appointee
Hice at the appointed time, but recognized nc
•toiils.
COLOR LINE ON BALTIMORE CITY WORK.
fßy T*le«rat,h to The Tribune. J
Baltimore. May 10.— An effort is to be mad<
": Democrats to draw the color line on cltj
*«rfc In view of the fact that many million!
*** to be «pent In new sewers and paving and
<***• public improvements, a sweeping resolutior
*11! be offered In the City Counci! Moiid'iv pro
v WU.g for employment of only volte labor. Th«
**«o*uaoii declares that the city seems to in
toured by a wholesale immigration of negroei
■Baiting nty work.
POLAND SPRING HOUSE— SPECIAL. '
*»• -nrT"ir«iment toot <* ass* column.-^ .-.*
±o-aay, lair and crwiler.
To-morrow, fair ami wanner.
INSURANCE MAN DROWNS.
Capsizing of Sailboat Kills Charles
Redfern.
*
Charles Redfern. an insurance broker, thirty
two years old. who lived at No. 408 East 123 d
street, was drowned at College Point, early last
evening, by the capsizing of a catboat in which
he was sailing. William Kirk and Charles
Dahlmer. who were with him, clung to the boat
until rescued.
Lh+ three men went. for a sail early in tne
evening. About 7 o'clock a heavy wind came up,
and they decided to shorten sail. The. halyards
would not work properly, and Dahlmer climbed
the mast. At that moment a heavy squall cap
sized the boat.
Kedfern, it seems, was unaware of the danger
and was thrown into the water so quickly that
he could not recover himself in time to catch
the upturned craft It is thought he sank' im
mediately. Kirk and Dahlmer held fast to the
boat, although they found it difficult.
Percy Jackson, who was In the launch Quo
Vadis, saw the men struggling and drew along
side. After some difficulty, he drew both into
his launch. He steamed about in search of Red
fern, but could find no trace of him. Dahlmer
and Kirk were taken to the Flushing Hospital,
and are in a serious condition. Dahlmer lives at
No. 426 East 60th street, and Kirk at No. 1274
First a.venue.
BANK HEAD A SUICIDE.
Confessed Defaulter Shoots Himself
When Police Chief Arrives.
Norfolk, Va.. May 19.— Irwln Tucker, president
of the Savings Bank of Newport News, Va.,
committed suicide in his room over the bank
to-day Just as Chief of Police Reynolds of that
city opened his door to arrest him on a warrant
charging him with defaulting in the sum of
$10,000. Tucker heard Reynolds ask a negro
porter where his room was. and, standing In
front of a mirror, put a bullet through his right
temple as the door was thrown open.
The doors of the savings bank have been closed
pending an Investigation which is now being
made by the board of directors. One report is
that the shortage may amount to $20,000. but
the directors assert that the exact amount of
the defalcation has not yet been determined.
The first suspicion that Tucker was a de
faulter was received this morning in a note writ
ten by the suicide himself. This note was found
soon after the doors of the bank were opened
to-day, it having been placed on the desk of the
cashier. Tucker admitted that he was short in
his accounrs and said if any attempt was made
to arrest him he would commit suicide. Tucker's
life was insured for $30,000. which will cover all
of his alleged defalcation.
The suicide was about forty years old. He was
the son of ex-Mayor John S. Tucker of Norfolk,
now a retired lawyer of Washington.
Mr. Tucker was formerly city editor of "The
Old Norfolk Virginian," and was postmaster of
Newport New* in the Cleveland administration.
WEI-HAI-WEI TO BE HELD.
Great Britain Will Retain Port at
Request of Japan.
London. May Ift.— Rumors that Great Britain
would soon evacuate Wel-Hai-Wei are now defi
nitely denied. Such a step is now impossible,
Japan having expressed a desire that Great Brit
ain hold that port in the interest of her ally. It
was said to-day at the Foreign Office that any
id»»a which <ir»at Britain may have had of re
turning Wei-Hai-Wei to China has been dissi
pated.
RUMOR EXCITES TOKIO.
Russia, It Says, Will Ignore Japans
Position in Corea.
Tokio, May 19. — Keen Interest has been
aroused here over a rumor that Japan Is con
fronted by a delicate diplomatic problem re
specting Corea. Russia, it is said. Is determined
to ignore the. Japanese-Corean treaty pnd the
Japanese protectorate, contending that the.
Treaty of Portsmouth recognized the independ
of Corea. According to the rumor tho
British and German governments are support
ing Japan, while the I'nited States and France
are silent. |
BRITISH FLEET MAY VISIT CBONSTADI
Move Thought To Be Intended to Aid Eap
prochement with Russia.
St. Petersburg. May 18.— The report that Great
Britain is arranging to send the Channel fleet
to Cronstadt this summer is confirmed,. Under
instructions from his government, C. A. Spring-
Rice. the British charge d'affaires, yesterday for
mally asked the Russian government whether
such a visit would be acceptable. A reply has
not yet been returned, but no doubt is enter
tained that it will be affirmative.
While an attempt is made to explain that the
visit has no political significance, but is simply
part of the annual cruise of the fleet, which will
also visit Norwegian and Swedish ports, the ex
change of civilities and festivities at Cronstadt
is supposed to be intended to foster the senti
ment in both countries in favor of an Anglo-
Russian understanding. A rapp.ochem-»nt with
Russia is now one of the chief aims of British
policy and it ha 3 warm supporters here, For
eign Minister Iswolsky being committed thereto.
There, is little expectation, however, that an
announcement of a rapprochement will prove the
immediate sequel to the visit, as the proclama
tion of the Dual Alliance did to the visit of Pres
ident Faure and the French fleet to Cronstadt
in 1897 The negotiations have not yet reached
the stage where such an early consummation Is
likely. " T
GETS 88 CENTS AFTER 100 YEARS.
; [By Telegraph to The Tribune.]
Chicago, May lIK— 6. W. Curtis- of the Garden
City Band Company, this city, has just received
a check for »8 cents in payment of a share In
a French "spoliation claim" more than one
hundred years old. Curt!*: is an heir of one of
the owners of the American brig William and
George and received the check from Edward G.
Ward of New York, administrator de bonis non
of the estate of Chauncey Gleason, a merchant,
of Farmingtcn, Conn. Gleason was part owner
j of the brig, which was captured by a French
i privateer. The claim had been pending for
! twenty years. "
GIRL LOST SCALP-GETS $17,000.
Hartford, Conn., May 19.— insurance company
of into city is mailing to Now York City to-night a
check for $17,000 In settlement of an accident. This
is believed to be the record payment In the casualty
business. Tn* scalp of Mius Annie Lochs was
taken off in a handkerchief factory, and contribu
tory negligence wan proved against the employers,
«bo wen insured in the Travelers'.
.' . » i —
THE SAMOBET, ROCKLANO BREAKWATER,
Maine Announcement under "Poland Spring
M«»-m." &axt column*— Aovt.
3NISW-YORK, SUNDAY. MAY 20. 1906.-5 PARm-SIXTY PAGES.
BIG FJRE DYING OUT.
SWEPT FIVE COUNTIES.
\Four Known Dead — Four Towns
Entirely Wiped Out.
Milwaukee, May 10— A specif dispatch to
"The Milwaukee Sentinel" from Escanaba.
■ Mich., says: Pour are known to be dead, a scoro
; or more persons are missing, hundreds of fami
lies are homeless,' property valued at several
millions of dollars is burned, four towns ar»
wiped out and a dozen more partly burned, five
counties partly devastated and one hundred
square miles of territory firo swept as the re*,
suit in the Northern Michigan peninsula of the
forest fire that raged yesterday and last night
until it spent itself to-day.
General Superintendent W. E. Wells of the
Escanaba & Lake Superior road, along which
the greatest loss occurred, returned to-night
froi. a trip of Inspection over the fire stricken
area and said that the fires had gone down. For
the time being the danger is over unless a new
J gale arises to fan the embers into flames.
Peter Lafond, a cook, was smothered in a
lumber camp near Katos, and three children at
Quinesec, Mich., separated from their parents
while the village was burning, perished
Scores of homestea.de™ and woodsmen are
missing and some may have perished In the
flames.
Five counties — Marquette, Menomiive. T>elta.
Alger and Dickenson— are devastated and the
following towns destroyed:
Talbot. Mich.; JSOO inhabitants; few houses
escaped.
Qulnnesec, Mich.; 40f> inhabitants; only one
house left.
Saunders; 150 population; wiped out.
Niagara. Wis. ; 300 population; all burned.
The towns of Northland. Cornell. Antonine,
Spring Valley, Kingsley, Woodlawn, Foster City,
Sala and Metropolitan are damaged.
All day long refugees and trainmen have been
coming in, telling tales of misery and suffering
as well as heroism and brave deeds enacted
while the fire was at its height.
The burned area extends from a point ten
miles out of Escanaba to Talbot, on the south,
to Charming and Quinnesec, on the west, to
Sands, on the north, and back to near Escanaba.
While this territory has not been swept clear,
great tracts have been laid waste, especially
toward the north.
In this region a thousand small fires have been
smouldering for -weeks. Nothing was thought of
these fires because they were not dangerous, but
it needed only a wind, which came Friday, to fan
them into a sheet of flame.
Toward noon the wind began to blow from the
west thirty miles an hour. By 2 o'clock the ve
locity was forty miles, and by 4 o'clock the
small fires see:ned to have united into a large one
that extended over a fifty mile stretch and swept
along with fury.
Throughout ihe affected territory hundreds of
woodsmen were put to work to save property.
It was only by diverting the path of the fire that
some towns were saved. Hundreds of small and
prosperous farms vv^re burned over, driving the
occupants to the nearest towns for shelter. Cat
tle and stock and houses and barns and their
contents were left for the fi. u'ies. Farmers load
ed wagons hurneuly with personal effects and
ran before the flames.
In some instances fimi!k.-> became separated,
causing much anxietji- to relatives who have
reached t»'vn«. I
Tht-re was little human eft on couid do to check
the flames. The heat was intense and the smoke
stifling. The wind from the west and north blew
the smoke into Escanaba. At 4 o'clock Friday
afternoon Escanaha seemed in darkness. A
heavy veil of smoke overhung the entire sur
rounding country. Everything was of a green
ish hue. The stifling smoke threw women and
children into a panic.
Gradually the wind died down during last
night, and this morning the flames began to
lope their fury. The fires still smoulder, and,
while they are not spreading, it will need only
a fresh wind to start them again. As far as
the eye can see there is smoke.
Talbot fought hard to ward off the flames, but
failed. A score of houses and an entire lodging
train were burned. The people then rushed
down the railroad tracks to Daggett, but the
flames k' pt pace with the refugees. Daggett
had sent a fire engine to Talb"t. but this was
burned. Daggett was saved by the sh'.fting of
the wind.
Quinnesec Is still isolated, but the trainmen
say the town is burned.
Many small fires are burning between Powers
and Quinnesec and to the south of these places.
THE DAMAGE AT COBALT.
Fifty~»even Houses Burned — Dyna
mite Explosion — -On; Death.
Cobalt, Ontario. May 19.— Fifty-seven houses
are burned and a dozen others are wrecked as
the result of the forest fire which swept through
the northern part of the low:: yesterday. As it
paiwrii the Ontario Powder < 'ompany'a dynamite
magazine, seven tons and a half of dynamite ex
ploded within fifty feet of the main portion of
the town, tearing buildings from their foun
dations and spreading ruin In all directions. Only
one fatality is M far reported, that of a child.
Many persons were hurt, though not seriously,
and "others had marvellous escapes. Some fire
men were In the top story of a building which
was completely demolished. They were taken
out unhurt. The explosion dug seven feet into
the ground. What was a solid Sheet of rock is
now a Jumbled mass of broken bowlders. Tha
trees for fifty yards distant are laid flat and
of the powder house not even a shingle can be
founi. The loss is placed at $26,000, with,
$15,000 insurance.
FEVER IN HAVANA.
Louisiana Health Officer Asks Quar
antine by Gulf Ports.
[By Telegraph to The Tribune.]
New Orleans, May 19.— Dr. C. H. Irlon, presi
dent of the Louisiana State Board of Health, re
ceived a cable message from his representative
in Havana this afternoon announcing that yel
low fever had again broken out in that city. The
first case discovered died to-day.
On receiving this message. Dr. Irion at once
telegraphed Surgeon General Wyman at Wash
ington, asking that Florida, Alabama and Mis
sissippi be compelled to enforce guarantlne regu
lations against Havana. The regulations in
Louisiana have been' tightened. General Wy
man to-night answered that the regulations
I would be enforced strictly in the states named.
Havana, May 19.— The Marine Hospital officer
at Havana to-day received an order from Wash
ington not to permit non-immune passengers to
depart for any Southern state port. This action
was the result of a fatal case of yellow fever in
a village near Matanzas. Fever existed there in
February, but the place la now being cleaned
and fumigated, and no other case has been re
ported in Cuba.
The Cuban authorities have decided to estab
lish a quarantine against Alabama. Mississippi.
Louisiana and Texas on May 25 on the grounds
of suspicion against local conditions in New
Orleans and because last year's outbreak of
fever there is declared not to have been reported
promptly.
POLAND SPRING HOUSE OPEN MAY 30TH.
Special ri'pra3entatlves will remain in New York
: for another week to make encasements beta for
the above and the Mansion House (always open)
; nt Poland Spring: aUo the Batnosst (open Jur.e
:&lh), Rorldand Breakwater, Maine's greatest
resort. ■Communicate, with Poland Water l'f>">
16 Park Place (Tel. 6050 CorUendt). or Hiram Bicker
& Sons, 1178 Broadway. N. B. Cor. B'dway.  # 38th
Bt.. Srd Floor (Tel. 4743 Madison flaua»a)^A4vt.
KANTUDOMIM.O JMSffIG.
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WARSHIPS DISPATCHED.
Two American Gunboats and Reve
nue Cutter Ordered Out.
San Juan. Porto Rico. May IH— The Tnlted
! States revenue cutter Algonquin has iwi or
j dered to watch the Mona Passage, the channel
I between Santo Domingo and Portd Rico, and to
search Mona Island for Dominican revolution
ists, who are reported to have left St Thomas
recently for Santo Domingo. The Algonquin will
return here and report the result of her search.
The gunboats Newport and Nashville have re
ceived orders to sail for Santo Domtngo.
General Morales, former. President of Santp
Domingo, will Ball on the next French Line
steamer leaving here for St. Thomas. D. W. I.
He denies knowledge of the reported organiza
tion of an expedition at St. Thomas, but says he
will go back to Santo Domingo as soon as he
receives advices that a general uprising against
the government of President Caceres is Immi
nent. He predicts a serious disturbance. Gen
eral Morales admits his inability to accomplish
j what he desires to do in Porto Rico because of
; surveillance by enemies. He says he will oppose
military occupation of Santo Domingo by the
United States to the extent of taking up arms.
i"y i.»-»r.(frßpn 10 jne rnD-ine. I
Norfolk. Va., May Hurry orders came to
the marine barracks this afternoon to form a
company of picked men and send them at once
to the League Island navy yard, where they
are to join others, all to be sent to Santo Do
mingo to protect American interests in the
threatened revolution In that country.
The marines have been expecting the order to
move for some days, and have been drilling, and
have worn their khaki uniforms in anticipation
of the order. A company of seventy-five, fully
equipped for field service, started for Philadel
phia this evening under command of First Lieu
tenant Rea and Second Lieutenant Vulte. At
the League Island navy yard it is said they
will be Joined by 225 more marines, and that
all will be hurried to Santo Domingo in the
cruiser Columbia, which recently arrived in
Hampton Roads from Southern waters, and
which was ordered to league Island to fit out.
The Minneapolis, which Is now here, is expected
to be also ordered to Santo Domingo.
It having come to the attention of the gov
ernment that filibustering supplies were being
sent from Porto Rico to Santo Domingo, rev
enue cutters are watching suspicious schooners
and steamers along the Southern coast.
Reports of an Intended revolution again*-- rsw
ident Caceres of Santo Domingo reached* the
State Department at Washington on May 12
It was stated that an expedition was ijeing fit
ted out on the Island of Porto Rico, and Heat
Admiral Dunlap. commander of the naval sta
tion at San Juan, was ordered to take measures
to preserve strict neutrality.
LAW SON WILL NOT TBM4+
Threatened with Contempt for *ot
Giving Names.
Boston. May 19.-Thomas W. Lawson was ex
amined to-day before the legislative committee
appointed to investigate the alleged bribery In
connection \vith the Bucket Shop bill. He was
In fhe committee room about an hour and a half.
When he left he said that he. told the commtt
tpp that he had no personal knowledge of any
bribe giver or any bribe taker, and he added
that he had given no names. He said he told
the committee that he had no personal knowl
edge of the seventy members of the House Whom
he had publicly stated were secured to vote
against the Bucket Shop bill, but he said he had
informed the committee that he knew there
w en seventy. I'pon being notified by the com
mittee that it could summon him for contempt
if he refused to give the names of his inform
ants, Mr. Lawson said he replied that he would
prefer to spend thirty days in jail than go back
upon his friends.
After Mr. Lawson had left the committee room
Mr. Raymond went in, but declined to answer
questions, saying that he would stand by his
original statements, which were general in their
accusations. He was then excused and left the
State House.
FUNERAL DRIVERS OUT.
Downtown Coachmen Strike Nam —
Wive Hundred Affected.
Backed up by the success of the strike won by
Local No. 643, of the International Brotherhood
of Funeral Coachmen, several days ago. Local
Na 184. of the union, covering a district from
the Battery to 14th street, will go on strike
to-day. The strike will affect five hundred driv
ers. Fifty to seventy-five funerals scheduled for
the lower East Side, mainly among the Italians
and Hebrews, and about twenty weddings will
be interfered with. The drivers declare that the
strike will be a peaceful one. but the employers
fear trouble.
The ultimatum or tne union was served on tne
New York Coach Owners' Association yesterday,
and according to the business agent; the de
manda for 14 a week and a i2-hour day were
refused. At present the men are getting flil
a week and working fourteen hours a day. Mr.
Smith said the employers were willing to treat
with tha men as individuals, but refused to rec
ognize the union.
The first strike of the funeral drivers was In
the district north of 14th street and was won
with ease by the union. This strike is also ex
pected to be of short duration, as the employers
have a large number of funerals at this tim«
of the year, and with five hundred men on
strike it will be almost Impossible to nil their
places.
SAVED FROM ANGRY MOB.
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Crowd Sought Life of Man Who
Shot Three.
Newcastle, Perm.. May 19.— The prompt ac
tion of the police saved Thomas Burke, a former
Pittsburg teamster, from lynching at the hands
of Infuriated men this afternoon, following the
shooting of three people. Burke. It Is said, ap
plied for work at the farm of Sylvester B. Mc-
Qulston, near Ellwood. and was directed by
Mrs. Jane Wiley, mother-in-law of McQulston,
to sec the latter, who was working in a field. j
The man departed, but soon returned. a and,
finding Mrs. Wiley, her young daughter, Ada,
and a crippled son. Avery Wiley, in the house,
demanded money. When this was refused he
drew a revolver and began firing. Ada Wiley
was shot through the back and will probably
die. Another bullet took effect In Mrs. Wiley' ■
i left arm and a third wounded the son.
EARTHQUAKE SHOCK IN ALABAMA.
Selma. Ala.. May 19— shock supposed by
some to have been an earthquake occurred In
' Myrtlewood, Marengo County, early to-day. The
1 tremor lasted ; about half a minute and awak
i ened the residents of the town. No damage
J was done. '
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Wisconsin Totem Severely Shaken j
When Powder Mills Blow Up.
Racine. Wls.. May 19. — terrific explosions,
which shook" buildings throughout this city, oc
curred early to-day and hundreds of persons !
leaped from their beds believing there had been j
an- earthquake. Later it was ascertained that j
the shocks were caused by an explosion at the j
Laflln & Rand Powder Mills, in Pleasant Prairie, j
Kenosha County. j
Messages from Pleasant Prairie say that the •
glaze and press room* and the, corning mill were
blown to pieces. Windows in house* throughout
the village were broken and some damage done, :
but there was no loss of life, only one man
being knocked down by the shock. The mills j
ar*» intact and can be operated. The cause of ;
the explosion Is not known. It was felt through- i
out Racine and Kenosha counties.
The first explosion occurred at 3:15 a. m. The '
second came two minutes later. It is estimated '
that the property loss is $50.ft00. No one was i
killed or injured, as no on© was working in the !
buildings. Glass was destroyed in building* for
a mile around, and some in the western part of
the city of Kenosha. '
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Kenosha. Wis.. May 19. — The explosion which ;
wrecked the Laflvn & Rand Powder Mill blew th« ■
sheet iron sides of the building nearly a mile. I
All the windows in Crow, three and a half miles |
away, were broken. Eight hundred kegs of blast- I
ing powder were in the glazing mills. The shock j
from the explosion was felt within a radius of
thirty miles. People in Racine. Kenosha and •
Waukegan were thrown from their beds. The j
plant will be rebuilt at once. |
_ Grand Rapids. Mich.. May 19.— Two supposed i
earthquake shocks were felt in Western Michigan j
at 3:30 o'clock this morning. Distinct shocks are ;
reported from Holland. Grand Haven. FennvUle j
and Bangor. The first shook lasted about six sec- j
onds and the second about three seconds. Residents ',
of Holland rushed out of their houses In night at- !
tire,, the quake havir,^ thrown open many doors. '
Rumblings like thunder were heard around the *
' shores of Black Lake. No serious damage is re- j
, ported.
The shocks. were coincident with the powder ex- j
plosions directly across Lake "Michigan, in Wiscon- j
sin
Michigan City. Ind.. May 19.— A number of resi- |
dents felt wßat was believed to have been an earth
quake shock early to-day. Buildings quivered and j
windows rattled for two or three seconds.
An explosion similar In its far reaching offset to :
the one at Pleasant Prairie occurred at the Union,
Metallic Cartridge Company's works, near Bridge- 1
port. Conn., early on May 14. The shock was felt*
for forty miles, and was especially severe on Staten
Island.
THE POPE SZ T FFERING.
, Pontiff Still Confined Jo Bed by
Sharp Attack of Gout.
Rome. May Although the. condition of j
Pope Pius is not grave, some apprehension 5 is felt .
at the frequency of the gouty attacks, due to ex- ;
posure to cold, disordered digestion and fatigue.
The present attack seems to have had its origin ,
through the Pope walking to St. Peter's last !
Sunday for the beatification or Julie Billiart.
Returning to his apartment from St. Peter's His
Holiness was warm, and in passing through the
thick walls of the Vatican courtyards, where the
atmosphere is damp, he refused to put on his
cloak. When the first symptoms of the trouble ,
appeared he refused to rest and insisted on giv- ;
ing long and fatiguing audiences to all the dig- j
nitaries of the Dominican Order. '■
The gout, which previously had only attacked •
his foot, has now reached the Pope's left knee, i
which is considerably swollen and gives him
acute pain. Considerable Inflammation Is pres- •
ent. The temperature of His Holiness to-day ;
was 90. Dr. Lapponi visited his patient this j
morning and again this evening.
The Pope is still confined to his bed.
TWENTY HURT AT GAME.
Bleachers Collapse at Rochester —
Spectators Piled in Heap.
Rochester. N. T.. May 19.— Twenty persons
were injured this afternoon at Culver Field, at
the Rochester -Jersey City baseball game, when
a section of the bleachers collapsed. As many
more were badly bruised. The accident oc- j
curred at the end of the fourth inning.
The bleachers held 1.300 persons, who were !
warned of the coming collapse by the cracking j
of timbers. Everybody stood up In alarm and !
then the structure went down, falling in toward j
the centre, piling the people and timbers In a
confused heap. It took a long time to extricate '
the injured from the debris. Many of the ball
players assisted in the task. All the hospital
ambulances were summoned, ar.d automobiles
were also pressed into service to convey the. ,
patients to the hospitals.
The wildest excitement prevailed for a time, j
and rumors spread about the city that a number
of people Aad been killed. Fortunately there
■was no panic on the grounds. While a dozen
people were tak<=n to the hospitals for treatment,
many of whom had fractured limbs or bad cuts,
no one was fatally hurt. The police ordered a
number of people off the bleachers shortly before
the accident occurred.
NEW VESUVIAN TORRENT.
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Heavy J?<"» Causes Tico Deaths
and Damage to Property.
Naples. May 19.-Rain fell so heavily In the
Vesuvius region to-day that a mighty river is ,
now coursing down the side of the volcano ,
sweeping trees, lava, houses and animals out of
Its path. The population Is In a great state of
panic. The torrent, which is composed of mud.
cinders and ashes. is about twelve feet wide and
in some places eighteen feet deep.
Two deaths have already been recorded, a
man and a boy having been drowned. The boy j
was eleven years old. the son of a peasant. Ho «
had been warned to flee from the danger, but in- j
listed upon rushing in the direction of the
stream in an effort to reach his father, who was !
to the torrent's path, unconscious of his danger. |
The boy succeeded in reaching his father, and
both ran toward safety. They were, however,
overtaken by the stream and swept away. An
other P^ant jumped into the water to the res
cue but was also carried away. A second man
rushed to give help, and succeeded In pulling
lad's father and the other man from tne
water; but the latter was so injured that he j
died. ' , .
ITALIAN WOMAN ROUTS LINEMEN.
[By Tele«T»ph to Th« Trtbaa*!
Wilmington, Del.. May Carrying two •
American flogs. and armed with a bis; butcher
knife. Mrs. Letixia Leone, a young Italian
woman,. to-day routed fifteen linemen from .in
front of her home, No. 411 West Front street,
and prevented them from planting an electric
light pole. The workmen formed a cordon about
the - excavation, but when the woman made a
rush they scampered. The pole was not erected.
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ONE DEAD; SCORE KURT.
Express Hit* Trolley Car on Bridge
—Cars Catch Fire.
Th» first serious accident on th» Brooktys
Rapid Transit line to Coney Island this season
occurred shortly before « o'clock last night.
when an elevated express train crashed Into a
"Ingle local car on Dead Man's bridge, which
cm**** the Coney Island creek. One man was
instantly killed and a score or more persons were
injured. The dead man Is George Foreman. H*>
was identified by a meal ticket found In hi»
pocket. Th* police have not yet learned Ida
address. Those most seriously injured are:
BROWN. Jamn A., of J«rw»r Cltjr Height*; eonru«tas«
of arms and l*ga: rut by flam.
JOHNSON. Albert, of No. 2S For»yth<» «ri«t: two rttSl
broken. _
I.IPDEI.I, V!«« Cina. N«w»rV cat iboat fee*. *
MAIJOUN. Morris, nf No 214 M<-Klbb«n atr*«t. rroc'i
'• y r. . I ■ a ion I
M'DOWELI.. Bd-vln O . of No. II Liberty *tr#«*. Brook*
lyn: rut about far*
FERSCHITZ. Nathan, of N« !JS Mrfvlhh«» «tr«irt B
Brooklyn: lacerations an<l scalp wound*.
ITTIXT, Mr». Michael, of No. 471 TVan ntr*»t. Broele>
lyn; bruise*.
SCTU.T. Michael, or No. 473 TVan a?r»*». RrookTrat
cut about leu*.
When the car ran on the bridge its trolley pof«
jumped from the overhead wire and the car
came to a stop. A !<lx-car express train hnnnd
from New York to Coney Island va* thunder,
ing along behind it at a high rate of .«p**d. Th»
local car was crowded, a* was th*» express train.
Several persons standing on the rear platform of
the car. seeing the approaching express train,
jumped Into the creek. About one hnndr-Ml y.%r*l»
from the bridge the motorrnnn of the expre^n.
The motorman of the express train threw on,
the emergency brake*, but the momentum car
ried the train along at an apparently unchecked.
speed. With * loud crash and am a shower
<>f glass and splinters the express crashed Into
,the local car. The latter Ml the rails, as diet
also the first car of the train.
Everything was in confusion In a moment?
th* cries of the injured were heard on all sides,
and, to add to the parTdemonmm. two of the cans
caught fire. An ambulance call was sent In. and
the reserves from the Coney Island police sta
tion were called out.
Dr. Mortimer Raynor. of the Coney Island Re»
ception Hospital, responded to the call. Th«
driver of the ambulance lashed his horse and the»
ambulance tore down the Coney Island Boule
vard. It swung off at Bth street and crashed
into an emergency wagon of the Brooklyn Rap-
M Transit Company. One of the shafts of ths>
ambulance pierced the body of one of the horse*
of the wagon. The animal was so severely in
jured that It had to- be shot later. Dr. Raynoa>
was thrown from his seat to the ground. BH
face was cut and scratched. The front axle of
the ambulance was broken. Dr. Raynor patched
up bis cuts and ran down to Coney Island
Creek, where he jumped 1 Into a steam Tauncbi
which was hurrying to the scene.
When he arrived at the bridge Dr. Raynor
temporarily treated those who were most seri
ously injured and hurried them to the hospital
in the police patroL On the way to the hospital
with the first load of injured the patrol »agun
ran into and knocked down Mrs. Helen Carson,
of No. 163 Flat bush avenue. Brooklyn, who
had stepped from behind a trolley car In front of
the wagon. She was painfully bruised, although
not seriously injured. Mrs. Carson was placed
in the patrol wagon and taken to the hospital.
The prompt arrival of a lire engine from th«
West Bth street station prevented the fire from
spreading, and it was put out after a stream had
been played on it for a few minutes.
An emergency gang arrived on the scene soot*
after the accident, and work was. Immediately
begun clearing up the wreck. It was nearly an
hour and a half before traffic was resumed.
Trains were tied up for a long distance, and
hundreds of persons got off and walked to th«
bridge.
John Frederickson was the motorman of th«
express train, and John Sornberger was th»
conductor. Immediately after the accident that
conductor of the car disappeared. At a latsj
hour last night no arrests had been made.
TEN HURT IN COLLISION.
Culver and Union Street Car* CrasK
at Coney Island. , ;
Ten persons were injured last night in a «"Ol*
Hsion at Mack Road and <»ravesend avenue*
Coney Island, between a Culver line car said S>
Union street trolley car. . Th« police say tn*
Union street car stopped suddenly, and the mo
torman of the other car was unable to stop soon
enough to prevent a collision.
Those most seriously injured and taken to th»
Coney Island Reception Hospital were James
Watson, of Xo. .=>»¥► Sterling Place. Brooklyn,
contusions of the hip: Randolph Ward, of Not.
24 Washington avenue. Brooklyn, contusions of
arms: James Mayne. of Nr- ST." Union street.
Brooklyn, scalp wounds a.nd possible fracture of
right arm. and Miss Jessie Conic. of No. 65
Fourth avenue. Brooklyn, who was cut about
the head, treated at th« hospital and taken
home, although the surgeons said that she had!
a possible fracture of the skull. The others
went home after receiving treatment.
PASSENGEK T&AIH HITS FREIGHT.
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Several Hart in Crash on West Jersey &'
Seashore Railroad.
Atlantic City. May — An accommodatlos
train, bound for Philadelphia, on the West Jet«»
sey & Seashore Railroad ran Into a freight train
to-day at May's Landing. Several persons wersj
injured. Among the more seriously hurt were)
Willis Vaneman, of May's Landing, engineer of
the passenger train: Leon Hand, aged thlrteea
years, of Pleasantvllle: W. Conover Atlantis
City, mall agent; Miss Abbie Vaneman. May's
Landing: Deputy Sheriff Johnson. May's Land*
ing. .
Traffic was delayed several hours by ths
wreck, the damaged cars bloc kin- both th»
tracks.
JAPANESE COLONY FOR TEXAS.
[By Telegraph to The Tribunal
Galveston, Tex.. May li». — oakum Interests
have perfected plans for the colonization of
several thousand Japanese in Southwest Texas.
Five tracts of land aggregating ' 33Q.ooO acres
have been acquired hi Hidalgo. Cameron. Nuec«s
and Zapata counties. Two prominent Japanese
are now in their. natlre country preparing to
bring out one hundred families. The plans calls
for irrigating plants, and a portion of the land
Is no .v being watered by canals from the Rls
Grande.
CARNEGIE BARS THEOLOGICAL MEN.
Mount Vernon. Ohio. May Ilk.— President Pclrc*
of Kenyon College announced to-day a gift from
Andrew Carnegie of $25,000 for the aid of stu
dents, "who. like Station, are deserving, but ars
hampered by poverty." He bars theological stu
dents from sharing in the benefits of ihe fund*
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