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CT.ditions Worse in States Near Capita!. Washington Hears. SENTIMENT ANTI-AMERICAN State Department Nevertheless Denies Thore Is the Remotest possibility of Intervention. v.,.. rh* ?- b ?? . ? ' : I klthoug i ad? icea ?mm Mei leacrlbeil rom-niein, M ?""??? ' Puebla Querrei Mora oa and ; ?aal i " ' ; State stoutly I ?mam% the eem ' ,>f anv |n. " ? St . T1-' It y of S? , ?r.j ,?.-,01-1 ? west ????a-'t of v. ? ?. ? . ?., j ? Americans '?Mze.i. I, . - v . to-ds led ?.ion ' ! th?it U Pan? tn In t eerupted by Reforma. ? a tm?-nt '? erl . Itlsens who wr* ila a..' ., guard ins lo ei able them to return to , re reported to he in Lat Ion Whole r ? la " i !?? the .-irif-'l Salina Crus Si fed, although ?lier?? . , _? ? turbar ce in a!', other k inflict with ' r ? - \ > ? be? n received of a- t"ld by the ??'re at Oal? VfS. ? 'he accurac] of a, however, n .-? m? ? leparted f"r - . ?? ? . , it cat their ? ? ... lltSI and as- | tyese pan-j antl-Ameri? I itch ... ti-.. intense ha?r.-<l for J i red in some quarters i . - ? ...... laten ? ? ' ? ?trsktlon is doing its utmost iti improbabtllt. that v . .- taken by the fslr? eins I ? ? radical incmbiT-i of eniala of the ..?d m the moat ? .'..kMjic >. : ? = . nson M '.?-. * memb? r of tue I m? vi c, Water Boundary r.- wl ret irnad from , ... for many years been ? i.ted with the affairs of ; g . .. vigorous an-1 ? ter? lea at tie Wit Depart? -t that there would t atlon for Inter -?.. ? by th? L'nlted St itea in the r?volu ibr most ? - .-,ed in ?.i d ' I enera! Mills . ?. m r,r> tnor? n?ed of .n'erver.tion In ?.- ?.?-*? in the Civil War, . - ? .-_ ?-er? murmurs ?f foreign ro'in , .^rrel K'>r twenty -. Mexico has ma'.nta'.n. .1 a gov? - . r/ among the civil? and Am^rlear. itizen* r?*:'.y ? ? ? ? . ? ? ey ci;,i m States Men who would have itry u-f-re ac?-or>led .. ney uy tn? Lilar. ?rcivemruem o. .,. they were Ameticanii AMERICAN BEHEADED Every Bone in Woman's Feet Broken by Blows. 11 - '"??? ?pi - Porty-alx pas ??.-- ' tei ? the 1 Ited Statea who i . ?. s .. rnlng froi Vera < "iz . Rteamer Texas, ? alleged tortura ?: of Americana 'n th.- -> \ -ft their o and everything the ? ? i ? enough money for passage thea on their buena. Among ber there arc <->n!y four ? r geea, 'old of th? merlcan .-nieen nar-.?*?1 Walt, ' aas a nei^hror to me." said y .. 1 s^ld several head of cat ? r the money, A h^nd of dc-s : . . .'. ' d'.m.in.l- i - ? (r?t it, they de- | ? ? i^<i him w.th their ma-j ???? ..... Is cattl'. together and ii ai> many inn tun reu jua; ? .? ? " ? ? re a eleven American families h*<l ?? ? im, la Vera no Ewu 'a Lu? ?. ? -?? ? >?-. en families left * ? t< ' ? ? ? afral t remain a a sixty ?four I I wei I I i as it <-: T had -$1,860 ..- -i '?ni rove- . ? - ? .????. and I - arlni ' ? o thes on my back. Be? is for dam? - ? ,. . .. ? un A.m ago, returned to ?. ai Mr ?. ?' ;??? ? ? ??' pr an Amer? R] ? .. a- Ml uiCO ? ? ?'. t aid Mr M - I ins. He t $12 an ? . h p?a?.-? -.en 1 arrns . Mri ' II, cell.??' - V ' the >ha fan Uy ? ? t ."k ' . . ? th?- ; ? n? ? i< ? X ? ? ? lancen t he o nvktn ihej MEN !\ ? ! ! Ri SETTLE DIFFERENCES OF RAILROADS AND F. NT, I NT. F. R S. ARMS FOR MADERO SEIZED U S. Marshals Hold Machine Guns and Ammunition. By Telegraph to Th. T Mara, Tex.. April 23.?Deputy I marahal? to-day Belied two mi suns, thirty rifles und 70.000 roui munition shipped from El Paso to th? Mex? ican federa) grsrri?on at OJtnaga. ''.i:nas;a 1? th.- or.lv federal post In the Stat? of Chihuahua -tin holding oui a , the rebals, and it la throut-h that place that j ib? Madero government ha?, been supplying j Its for? ??s north of 1 munition at,.i ^ ? ? BANDITS FIRE ON U. S. TP.00FS Menean Rebel?? Violate Border but?! Are Repulr.ed. ? ? I.'?s Ant:. - ?V'ord r< her? to-day tt,;. elosely r-r??**?^ by M<-xiran troc the International oui '.?r near Camp, eoath of Ban Diego, y^sterdi In ,v ravine on th?? American -id.? the ! ? ?=n.?ount??red i ?er of th? ! ?th Com? pany of the oast artlllerj corps. Mistaking i merles n a for their pursuers, th? dit? nr-en^d flre The ?mericana return??d tl flre and th>? bandits wer? driven baek Into Lower ? ? ,i leaving behind ta ? t.a'-k hors? s and . ? No one ?B < Injured, This Is th? sin.??? the Dr??s?'nt Insurrection In Ifexli o i>*Kan tliat American ?hot n?ar the boundary Th?? <;rat division of the toi which has b??..n ?>r,k:nc?.1 in tar^.-t practica off -?an P?*dro, ?all??d for s.,:i Diego this morning and ti'? second di' to-night i? ?m understood the b^ats will :,r..o^e<; t.. Masdalens la^ - -? to va. ready for "'.on*'!a'.,fi???. MADERO S ARMY 60,000 STRONG Gen. Robles Dom?nguez Charged with Treachery Toward President. Mexico <*ir.. Aped 23.^During :. ? I aession lasting until mldni ? 'ongresa pass??.! a crease of th? army t . Is ? isand m??n. Oeneral Alfredo Ro mer treasurer of the Madero revoluti, military commander f the fed? during tl ? eai ly days of th? ? itratlon, ? ed earl t I charcM u ? against Pr? ? lenl m idem 10 CARS. ONE A RACER. BURN Loss of Wallet Adds to Excite? ment at Fire Opposite Hospital. T?r. automobiles ?rere d?sstroyed last night when fir?, i arept through the thr???> story garage at Noa 7 i I ' Btreet led by H. La the machin*1?? deatro) I was 1 perty of Boj I. Howard, of No " ? lattan a\>n'ii.. s driver ol and wne \ h?'.i*-i1 I Across ih?- street I the Red Cross Hospital. The fears patients tarer? quelled Patrolman Murpl ? blase, warned th.? employ? ' I ira age th??n turned In hv. all Deputy ' *hlef Turpeni >? ?tat men In Central Pari? Weal to Ina drivers "f flre apparatus nol to i , or blow ?Iren whistles, ow ? near? ness of th? The Harnes In the meanw . rpread H ilrway i ? ? elevator wells ol tl.?- building and ha?! mushroom,?*?! on the top Moor The origin ? ? ? flre was not a " ?? - ?HP 120 . \ 1 :?:??- "'.? garage, N -?,,-. -- ,, ? were ordered '?? the eir.-.-t bj re? ihe West 100th station. ., ? ' ? - i . red In ? ? ntral Park vV?ast, n? ai ? ? ? ? atreet, ' esi 10 th ?treet, n< a : irnlng building, ?a is \\ Uli im De Vit So 24S V? >? ? ?-??. who f? h a I ??; ging at his trousers |.. ? ket. He !.--t i |< t .??,- ? . everal i)o|| ? t h-- an ? who des. rib? d himself aa ? I rd H-.rr:- ? aving .. hume AUSTRALIAN MACK LO.SES MlUt Go to Canada to Answer for Bank Robbery. .i . een letaln? ?in . the end ?>l I '?. ? I niara, know n i? "Australia i \i ? . ,rd?r< '? ? '? ? ? | lit??.I foi ? iff 11,.- ; N< ?v .? \ - : ? - i ssslst? . ?.gang lohn - - Is, I'nlted State ed the I sufl i ... ; ;.,-... n ? th. .. ru< hlni with th?. ih?fi ..i ..,?, automobile whkl ... .,..-?? ? i ,?.,i.., \i. \ imsr? - ?ti idltlon WMD AFTER HOSPITAL ROMANCE April 23 rl ,nli ; to l" H irl? H 11. i I ? :.? "' ' ' ? ? ? .,,..,? u, after?* DR. PAGE HELD IN $500 BAIL Co.'nty Modi':..! Society Agent Charges Illegal P*".1 cTic<v Or. .. ? . . > I i th? Medl? ? ' ..-??- ? ' > !?.-.?. rherapy. ? . ? ? ..k . . ; ... thai il?l Dr Pas? thai I ? for treatment. Thereupon I? said, explains | that Foi ? tu th the stonifl ? Fontana ?? ;< ? Into 'i team tank s ? and nexl ?I Ifted Int? a bal warm wate? i ..... g of winter ?. massag?, ai end of whl? . I . .?;?'. ' ofll ' ' ? . ? i ? OLD 89TH HOLDS DINNER Single Surviving Cfiicer of W.-.r Regi? ment Present. i ure of the M ? ? thi ? lihie wounds at 1 ? ? bloody Be .-en ! ?a) s' Bat tl? and In combats of the- irreal <-nt. Including ? 'oloi el Thoma - M. C ? . ... ?. * - ?????? tain John ?i?"'. M.-Olll . ? :.. |i ? ' !? il taff of U B. BARS ECUADOR MERCHANT Objects to Servants o? Wealthy Formar Syrian at Ellis Island. ? .? Iren it. ? Syrian. t thirty y? : ? . : ? wald o? M I intry for t least, i ?? tl? had escap? ? tlon . ? I th? ' ' ; : IU1 ? nd? r tli? aa limit < ? ? - BIG MILLS ON FULL TIME AGAIN. \,I S e ? ? ., ? (owell ' in . c ..' ' to-da i c ? a-oultl n'ng on full time to-mor ' ivnn , muid c i on full ? pi? ? i Bnd th ' ? my of the oilier ii -? HISTORY OF "STEPMOTHER. StelH if , ,?|. ,. , , . ? !?! ? 'I III'" i moth? r i o i"' ? . ? bairn. . ui INCREASE OF PAY GRANTI Railroad Men*s Demands Acce] ed by Grand Trunk Line. ?rai ?.??? !.. ? ? - ? ?-. .-? : ? tire < Irand Trun k .-??. item ? ? . . ? la of wages of betw inder a i bree-j .-.tr agi ? the Brotherhood ..f Locomo! ganlzatlon w..* rei Bented In ih<? negotiations bj i delegal ? ? ? n ? Igo, Dut iimdian .--t).?. The new wan.- h< ha'-k t?i ?prll 1. Vegotlatio lo i ?imitar I lire? ?ye agreement o II .-ntrln?1 ?? d ov< r the ? believe it ? ? ??-,? .- : .-' Ltea roads, igreement s ta sigi ed for the c? .'??? ?I lent Kelley Th? n . ? ? r-onclusloi of i he conf? r? ? : .1 . nl.,a.-- .. ? :.lt.' Pr< ??id al | th? Titanic disaster Th? arrriH the follow ? ? _ ? ?-.i--., i ger ? ngii ??' ? E Prelg ? vi Heav) freight. M * 1/.. n freisht, ?U >.. | - '...-; ? :; Freight. M ? te, M TO ? ? ALDERMAN'.S ?SON KILLED : Edgar Smith Run Down by a DeliTl ? Wagon. ? ? ' : ? Smith, of So. 4 wan run over and killed i delivery wagon when pli i f ro? ? '. ? i Ph? wagon, aa ordlng to l ? f No 90 Hen n waa not detained the a ildabl? ? ..- : ?.--.... -. ?NEGRO CHOSEN U. S. ATTORNI Matthews. Former Harvard Athlel frets Place Held by Lewis. C, Matt he? a nes i n ?'? ?worn in '..-?1 i> - ? t'niteal State? Attorney n Mattl ??. i .t former Harva ' II?- Ih late of PI ?ica Ism}, nd of m?? Bost? 8 tool ews Is i!.?- ?econd negro ta he a ? .. ? itrict Atto ???? i j ears, the oth? -. an old Harvai in, a o waa !.. d bj Presidei Koosev? ? Mr Lew la Is n?w ar .\??-H!?ij At tome j General o th? : nlted States. -. CUTS CABLE RATE SOUTH. Reduction of 20 Per Cent Announce by Company Th. ' ? ttral and South American Tel? graph Company announ? a-d yesterday thi tlj redu ? ?-\ist1naf rut.?s o cable mea a I Bouth American poini .. .... : enl The actioi ( the < 'entrai and Bo it \ | an T? I? -: iph ? 'om| any in thus r? , le me igea was begu ?: Union and the ? 'ommercli .-.iiii.mpaniea about Hv? months a?:. . announced reductions In ?ah! tweei ' other point .-. the world Th? Western Unlo ? rst csble !??tt"r on th morning of December ?>. 19U; t1;?? Conamer , ? .. ? ?wed with a similar servie a i -*?" daj ? later a CAN T BAR LIQUOR SHIPMENT! P. S. Commission Denies Plea o Women in Town That Went "Dry." Al any, April ." The Public Sen c- mm ., ... advls? d the Law and < ird? .... r i nadilla, that it baa no jnr!?< ,. t ..n ii?. complaint, whli !i a?ik?. the ?. mmlsslon to order ??x-.r???'? companl? laot !.. deliver packages of ll?|llor t,, rest? ol the toa n of i : idllla the < ? n aa? that certain real o..,, i. ra all it dally and ^ an) ., .. ? > have h ii!i.-?l ii!. ? ? of t .?? town. FALLS BY CHINAMAN'S GUN. Volley of Bullets Cuts Down Louis Chow in Tong Feud. ? ? > i . || | LOal ...i ... ? i t . t ? ? tul ; -'. : f NO. 1 IVt-Sl I Si ? : morning, pulls i svolver ?? snd opened Urs - ? proprietor, who s ss ni m the lefi temple the mouth the right ,ii.i ind Hi?- lefi band II? waa taken to Hosplta i dying con lltlon Patrolmen llaalltt. Brentney aiid Under l. ?if 1 be Bast I et station, gol tu th? ? i . a Siiij i .?nid k?-i ? ? tha Harlem M : ? i? ' ' ' otiiio snd held ? lid bat I?ee 81 ? ? ???- rb< nk n . ih. ' . .- .. :..a?X ? ??ntintiprt fron nr?t amaja, ?anguine Practical!, his roily poeitlrel staf..nut.i aras thai the railroad man ?ic> ra and the ? i had epted ! ; the nit' r of mediation. "tn the position In which I ?in placed." ha added, "I cmnnot venture -m'- opinion or aay anything about the prospecta ol a speed: settlement of the i rllfflcultlen Pol ? d i h ive no* ' I. ? ? kind h offl ?? ?" an at? tempt to prevent strike. To-morrow j morning l will ? infer with thi railroad manager*. In the afternoon, ii poaslble, or If i tir-h tl .. managers' conference In time, i ?.* in ? on '? ? with the ? i Th? Urn - and pin? >? of these confer l will ki -,w m the morning. .' am par fectl franl f tl tk th? tihllc ihould 1.rrectli Informed of the progress being made, md thi i am al? ays win- : Int- to do .di n i ? ?in do ? without ; hindering - Sol I Ing a ill be se ret, bul ou mi:si ? allae ? ?? ai e <)li % to ?;.. what Is fair. W en ever: tl . ttled then I ? III be more , '<? ?'"? ?? tl ?. ? eni from Com mi - mediation ha?l ; been a cepted b< both parties, the con mmltte? i had held I ,i morn ng and ai aft en ? i wion. two sessions I I Stuart tl... ?? in ol the managers' commit? tee, ha? called ?>n the meeting of rall ' irand ( 'entrai fttatin ? nimably to ahow to ' the high, i off! . ? ?? 1rs! Irait of the anew? r to i ? Keill's offer of ? - thi report i v eni i ?'?? round* that the first draft ??t the mai ig ette r fusing mediation and di manding arbitral en. had >n . -ci ., ihe ; rei Idents Text of the Railroad Reply. The IInal draft of l ie managers ?? to Commissioner Nelll ?as senl to the Motel Manhattan late In the afternoon I .?l't gl.en oui fo . lication iliortlj after It r? N? ?? ITork. April 23, 1912. Hon. Martii I Knapp, Pr? Id Ina Judge, I'nlted rtt ites ? . - .. i ? 'om- ' mi i Gentlemen: your letter of April 2. has j | been i rh > on ad?. Is? that ne? gotiations betweet th? _i ?tl rl.1 of I - - ' j comol and the na i I commit! e of ma ..? I iaa ter t* '? sa. s lia ? ?? been .en oft ?:-. I that a uri. ? sit at| n has arisen whlc threatens most lequencea to the ? nubile In tlie emera ar 1 ley th- ???. of duty to tend \\ ot*. ?? ? to ? .- ? ?? nd ng i rtl? In fh.. that some mean ?ma? e found to ad pete without fh? cal m.it- " ., genera I strike. , The r . ! ilue nr your hopa *hnf ?cirn" means of reachtns a settlement can be de? vised thai will apare the pub c th? grave equencea that mlghi I low thi ? r ? ran.t r? latlons, u ? ?? III be gl id to meet von in ?conference. THE CONFERENCE COMMITTEE OTT MANAGER? By .1 '* BIT \p.T. Chairman Following 'ip their a?:tion of Monday g it when thej voted to a?*cept the ; mediation offer, the engineers yesterday (sent to Commissioner Nelll and .Tuda? Knapp this formal letter, emphasizing the points, Brat, thai they doubted managers would change from their previous unyielding attitude, and, ?? ?< "ti.!, that both parties must agree to .1 true? and not try to use the - i.-then th.'ir poaltlona. Tour lolnt letter of to-day offering to the contend In the present controversy has been ; ? aentlng the fifty roadi Involved, and i am Instructed to ? : illowing f in view .,;" i ? .?? . It : and ? 'hat a led by a strike we feel that evei ?? effort ahould ., ?? ?r. We believe leldlng attl? ? '. the conference wmmittee of man j atfei ?? will ei ate against an am g reached, j et we realize the public Intel t le nands ?.-.?? thould make this tina ' ' ' to ??? ire a aetl ! fore r.rtl i >< would ao isly interfer? ?vlth this business of ounl ?"?. w - therefore accept your ? i vitl inderstandlng effec? tive I snd ?hat both i egard I i delay aa at ? and nol emplo] the delaj for the puri. ol securing tact) ? ? With the mediation offer formally ac? ?I by both parties, the provisions of th? Erdman act give to Judge Knapu and Commissioner Nelll authority to or? der arbitration if mediation falla Th ? H'-t also provides that the arbitrators . - chosen, one from the employers. ? ? mployes and a third by these two. if the two fall to agre.i .t third within five days he shall be ap p. inted by Commissioner Nelll and Judge Knapp, and finally the act provides that once the parties voluntarily accept medi? ation, even If that fails and arbitration proceeds, neither side may serve an ulti? matum on the other for i space of throe months. Chief St..no's mail was burdened yes? terday with scores of letters from per? sons who professed !.. have an Interest in the situ?t..,n. most "f them freely giving advice on hon to handle- the questions al Issue, and some of them containing warnings of the trouble that would come to him it' he permitted th engineers to .?ink... One man. who announced himself is ?in? m agent of the Bartenders' Union, called to lodge a protest with j Mr. Stone againal the engineers patron? izing ;i hotel in which, as he claimed,! the bartenders were nol union men. Hoi : it allowed to so.- the h< ad of th.-1 engineers' organisation. Kansas City, Mo.. April ?X?Declaring that a strike of mo.e than 300.000 men em i ?! on all Western rail 'oada will be : unie is the trouble ol the railway car men who have been on atrlks on a W< ? ad - ver il . .? mediated, the officers of the federation of Federations, which was organised yesterday, sent a tele? gram i" Presiden! Tafl late last night ad? ? blm of their Intentions. The preat dints of twelve unions signed the mesaage The strike would affect forty-seven mil? r i seal and south of < 'hlcago The message lays that the- federation has preparations to extend the strike on ?he Harrtmaa linos and th-* llllnola Central Railway to all other Western lines, : a favorable reply la recelv?ad from the Pre*? ? o Will t.<- taken at om ". IS] : ??? officials "t the federation Th? organis?t! n . ?? ? rafts .connect roadlns and ? ? ?,| m? mbei TRAINMEN TAKE WAGE VOTE | Southeastern Workers Ballot on Ques? tion of General Demand. >.\ ash ngton, .?pill 3 - A referendum rots ol hi.' "? r dlway train oper atlves' organisations on all railroads of the s. >iih.-.?stern territory?that pan "f the country south of th.- Potomae and Ohio rivers ind east ol thf Mississippi hau i .n lh< qi ? -u .ii of | ? ,[, n. md or Increase of a . The rotea are twins r...i\..i bj i general ...nit!...? offl? .. Is "t the ae?. eral ... sania itlons thai ha? b? en In ?? don h* re t>>r iwo lays une member of Ui? M?uatls tPf ?aid to-dsy the vo*- had not n*?*n ean ?assad and no annoMn?*cm?nt of l?s result Ot old h<? mad?- for perhap- a ?reek OT ten day?. _ MORE RAILROAD GRIEVAKCES Pennsylvania's Firemen. Con? ductors and Trainmen Complain. Philadelphia. April 9 Pot'nwlng a to?****- ? 1rs her.? to-day of representativa-?? Of thS hr fh?r!ioodi ?tf Firemen and Conduetoi and Tralnnsen ?mpioyd by the Pel ai i Railroad Company a Mal of I utce? ??.-;.- aent to I '" i?-?ns. <z??n<>r;ii man ,lK-r- ,,f the .-omrai'y Th?- grtevan????** d?? i not riil! for i?- ln??r??-ai??? of wan???? or .. ? ?hort?*f workdsy, hut a?k for a tAtarat '"? terpretatisn l f thS r?ile? of the eon ? In BO far SB they nlT???-t the rn?'ri. Among the offl?**lsJa of Th? hrotherho???: - , that attended the m???t|t-.f* wer? W \t. '"a-k??. \i<-e-pre?1 lent of Mm 'Oi.d ..tor organisation: qeorajs H. Maes, trico-pe d?ni .?f 'he Ehrotherhood of Railway Tra -.1 P i M. ?amara, of th?. Brother? hood of Firemen. A'ont twenty other offl cisb of tii?- orK:?!-i*.af!on.?- w??rs pr?sent. The labor official? ?sHI remain h?-re until . '- received frera Mr \*r.g, on?> of the p<.lots al Issue Is the employ? Ing ol conductors a.-? brak??m?r Since the ot.e- Ing of the tunnel from Sew York t< Newark man; tr;?ir.-- have been taken off and conductora who ptrevlousiy had charge if 'rains ar*> now employed as brakeosei Paid V l? .-l'r?'ai?l??nt Sin. ? - !?-? grievances has nothing to do engineer? coafersncs in Ne ir i,.?- engln?rm?ui .?t their r-rmfer-1 Sew York decide to eater upon a ? a., would i" t no way sHeeted : ? nir firemen and tr,ilnrr.??n would ko about theli duties th?- same as usual, and It I would rii.ik-- n-. difference to th.-m who the ? - er In the cab was. However, 'h?*r??' :f the ?'reman was a>t<. d , t.. do th, work of the engineer CHICAGO BLOCKS STRIKES ?u:ldin<, Workmen Agree to Arbitrate All Disputes for One Year. ago, April 23. ? Jiirlsdlctionai and sympathetic ?orik?-?. In Chi?cago have i?--n ??liniin.i!??.! for ar l?asr one % <-ar through the u-?,rk of th? B did ng CasostrutsticM Em? piojera \... iatlon. Ai a?) twelv? lai.nr unions which have n? v '-.nfrai-t?? this >??nr l.av r? ? ? 1 a wage in. r.'s-s?.-, bat al! have heen required to ir-^?-rt in their ??otitracts a . Is ise providing that ti-.er?. jj.- no orsastinn ? I work b?e??ause of any dispui?? arising ? the new .-ontra.?ts. All diSputSS ar. to .? referred to arl>iira.t!on. work In the meantln ? lo proaseed. . n i-ontrartor.?. :nad?? *i\r\\ a i-on trs arlth the building Isborsrs for three ?ars The at**uctural ir-'n workers have ; ?Igtted ?uch a contract, hut are ex ?.?" i fed 'o do s.. to-morrow 'MINE TROUBLE NEAR AN END Committee. It Is Said, Have Reached Basis of Agreement There wa? i report last night that * basis <>f agreement had h*en r*a?-hed ?>-i th* demands at the anthracite mine work? er* by the eOBBOUtteaa Ot the opera? -? mine workers, ?;.?eii have bean conferring nearly two Week*. When the reference .... ... ? a) i hat'-ver th i ?It mltrlir . ..'...'? public until it was reported to the fill esfcifee? ?.rnmttteea of the anthracite Miln? worker* and the opceratora * n operati ?*?<? bow?? ??? ta t on th) ? ;.. r..f..r- -,? , -, ,,,,.. ; . ,. , n Mondaj night th? twe sub-commfttasa were ?. ? igreement. if an sgte?-] u ? ached, he thought, - - I of tl r n wage* of ."rom . to ?> pe? coal And the . ? ? . ?r - . \ anee ? ? imtnitt?? ' ' ..i ih" old . o. . .1 ir.on Thi* would be looked mine ??????i k?i ?? i ?? ..i ndlr? ? ? ? ? , . ? S? ' . The .... ? ;:?? :,i> i.l ., ' ?? ? 1 MAY ORDER REFERENDUM VOTE Federation Official. Waiting Ann-rcr from President Taft. -.1? Cit). M". > prll M \'o -?l'If havlt,?; been received to the m??M> t?"?ni i,, I're-lden' Tafl by the rew'v ..r.^ai'ised Keel, -ation ? i' FV.1. ration? aekln* for aov ernment tn'erv?-n?i>>ii In I "??* StrttW ? ? f >rto railway c-amien on th? Hmrlnmn ltn?>, th* convention adjourned lat? to-night OnV cers however, are vemalninu ??> r^ routine b vrtness if an answer fn>m the pr?sUlent ?* not r-1 elred soon the intimation.*, prealdents ccf ?he .iffldat? l ni-ma will order a refer? endum vote of tWO hundred <tr\<i seventy HU d men a- tc> arfeeUMT ail nhall tu- ??-. .--. the . Acers eaplain. ?rill no' ha it sympathy with the men no?- end hut w?. '.? bacana, they _*?n?.ve no sfltorl artH b?> made to adjust future ?.'?? itU H?re-"fter. according to Hie *frWr?( ?\-im feel?-ration rever win confer with t'ieoffi. dala 'a slni?:.. road, but with represunta three of all the forty-seven road? we?t and south ot Chicago BONCI DENIES SIGNING CONTRACT. [By Telegraph ta The Trti ui-.? ) s. - Francisco, April S. - USSHMM Ron-l. the tenor, leaves In a few days for New York. Mr Bond to-day .laked to or r.-et :i report nen' from this city rfaung that, he had nl*rr.*->l t three?yeer .-ontrart with the Metrotvolftan 'lyera ?-or^p^p^ <>f New York, it- aald: "There i? no foutufcv tton tnr this rep?.rt. [ talked -*'-lh nil on? Strategy of the Diamond By BILLY EVANS will be only one of the good things in our next Sunday Magazine; but, as this is the beginning of the season of th?*! national game, we shall mention it first. The veteran umpire of the American League tells of the many stratagems employed to win games and pennants ?tricks that even the cleverest "fans" do not suspect. And he relates many delightful anecdotes of Tim Hurst. Herman Sch?fer, Christy Mathewson and other noted figures in the game. Ah Lee Bung Bungles By WALLACE IRWIN The fantastically funny Celestial servant tries to promote a romance in the Culver family, and is surprised when Tommy won't marry for money. The Lost World By SIR ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE The adventurers reach South America, and Professor Chal? lenger springs a surprise on the others. The great novel? ist's latest serial is a winner. Dagoberts Children By L. J. BEESTON The seventh of this fine series about the Franco-Prussian War is called "The Dawn." A thrilling story of a duel. Our Next Illustrated Song The Old Arm-Chair." by Eliza Cook and Henry Russell, is illustrated by a clever drawing by Herman Pfeifer ALL IN THE NEXT Sunday Magazine OF THE New=York Tribune