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THE MINNEAPOLIS JXUJRNAL.
PKICE TWO CENTS.
HILL PLEADS
FOR MCKENZIE
Sees the President Regard
ing the Pardon.
DAN LAMONT WITH HIM
Senator Quay Heads a Movement
on the Attorney General.
FRIENDS LOOK FOR A PARDON
They Are Hoping the President Will
Act Before He Leaves tor
the West.
From, Tfw Journal Bureau. Room MS, Pott
iiuililing, Washington.
Washington, April 16.—1f Alexander Mc-
Kenzie isn't pardoned, it will not Le be
cause pressure in his behalf has not been
strong. It leaked out to-day that James
J. Hill and Dan Lamont made a special
trip from New York recently and saw
the president in MeKenzie's behalf. At
the time of the visit nothing was made
public, and all that the newspapers could
get hold of was the statement that the
two men had come over from New York
to see the president on some "personal
matter." They arrived at noon, had a
short lunch at the Arlington and then
went straight to the White House, where
they stayed until half past 2, taking the
3 o'clock train back to Xew York. The
interview with the president had been
arranged in advance, for the vistors were
admitted to his iiresence as soon as they
showed themselves.
McKenzte was for years very close to
Hill in the northwest and Hill was very
willing to intercede for him as soon as
the matter was laid before him. It was
Hill who secured the aid of Lamont. The
affair wai engineered by Senator Hans
brough.
It is said that within the past few days
strong pressure has been brought to bear
upon Attorney General Knox in McKen
zie's behalf. Senator Quay is at the head
of this movement and he is understood to
have made a personal appeal to Knox,
who as a Pennsylvanian is supposed to be
a part of the Quay machine.
As soon as the president can hear from
the judges of the court of appeals in
Ban Francisco, who have been asked to
Kive him .their views regarding the case.
it U generally understood here that he
will announce the pardon. That he will
refuse to act favorably, McKenzie's
friends will not believe.
It ia the desire of McKenzie's friends
that the president act before starting on
the western trip, two weeks from to
cey. This would permit McKenzie to come
east and close up his business affairs in
time to take the first boat for Nome. He
has immense property interests there
a?ide from the cornered claims, and it is
openly charged here that the San Fran
cisco judges knew this when they imposed
the long sentence, whose effect, of course,
was to keep McKenzie away from Nome
during the whole of the oncoming mining
season.
—W. W. Jermane.
McKRIfCIK BREAKING DOWX
Doctors Fear He I**lll Xot Live
Throvmh Hid Term.
Special to The Journal.
San Francisco, April 16. —Alexander Mc-
Kenzie, who Is serving a sentence of one
year in the Alameda county jail, for con
tempt of court, is a picture of despair,
and his health seems broken under the
strain.
The doctors say he will probably not
live through his term.
When Mr. McKenzie left Cape Nome
he was far from a well man. His consti
tution had been undermined by the severe
climate, and the many duties imposed
upon him. The physicians say that now
he is inclined to be careless about his
health and does not give as much atten
tion to his complaints as their nature
warrants.
Mr. McKenzie said this morning:
I think 1 will pull through all right, al
though my friends say I will have to be very
cautious not to take cold in my present ner
vous and enfeebled condition.
The petition that my friends have sent to
the president has beeu returned to the court,
and 1 think it win meet with favorable con
sideration. The president did not wish to
pardon me without consulting the court.
1 have simply been made a scapegoat in the
matter Of the Nome claims. I did the best I
could under the circumstances, and I was be
tween two firea. In payments of money I
followed the orders of the Alaska courts, and
I could not at the same time obey the orders
of the court of appeals. I think that I am
being punished with undue severity.
Mr. McKenzie is treated with consider
ation by the officers of the county jail.
PARTNER IN A SALOON
'Twa« Streitivoirs Claim to Real
dence in North Dakota.
Special to The Journal.
Fargo, N. D.. April 16.—The man,
Btreitwolf. whose divorce was declared in
valid by the United States supreme court
yesterday, obtained his decree in .Man
dan and was a client of Attorney Voss of
that town. Streltwolf was a wholesale
whisky man from New Jersey and when he
went to Mandan he purchased an Interest
in a saloon with a man named MeAuliffe.
This was thought to be sufficient to estab
lish his residence In North Dakota, but
his wife began a contest on the decree
and has kept continuously at the case,
carrying it from one court to another un
til she finally reached the limit and won.
An examination of the records of the
office of building inspector show that in
1900 Fargo did $115,429 more building than j
tn 1899. This was a surprise, as last year
was regarded as a rather dull one in
building circles. This season starts off
well and the building record is expected to
be maintained.
"One of your favorites?" stammered the
curate, slightly puzzled. "I do not under
stand."
Stops a Wheeling Princess
Hmw York Sun Snaclal Servlom
London, April 16.—A story is printed that Princess Victoria, a daughter of King
Edward, while cycling in the Long walk, Windsor park, which is forbidden to
cyclists, was stopped by one of the royal gatekeepers, who, not recognizing her, stood
In the gateway to prevent her passing. The princess, not expecting a check, rode on,
ran Into the gatekeeper, and fell from her bicycle.
The man, on learning her identity, humbly apologized, but the princess protested
that he should not have treated any cyclist, princess or peasant, so Unceremoniously.
£he was not hurt, and remounted her wheel and rode on to the castle.
ROOSEVELT
TO ATTEND
Thomas Shevlin Says He'll
Be at State Fair.
A STRAIGHT PROMISE
Reports.That Vice President Will
Not Come Are Discredited.
NEW BUILDING PLAN CONSIDERED
Meeting of the Board of MunaeerH
of the State Agricultural
Society.
"Teddy" Roosevelt will come to the
next state fair. This was the pleasant
surprise which Vice President Thomas H.
Shevlin of the state board of managers
had to announce at the meeting at Ham
line to-day. Some months ago Mr. Shev
lin visited Vice President Roosevelt at
Albany and secured bis promise to be at
the next Minnesota state fair. The whole
thing was fixed up at dinner at Mr. Roose
velt's house, but Mr. Shevlin said noth
ing definite about it, leaving the subject
for formal consideration by the board of
managers of the fair.
Mr. Shevlin says that Vice President
Roosevelt unqualifiedly promised to come.
He has heard nothing to the contrary from
the vice president and therefore discred
its reports from Washington that "Ted
dy" is not certain to come and that he
does not think that he has a binding en
gagement with the state fair management.
A Formal Invitation.
The managers unanimously voted to in
vite Vice President Roosevelt to be pres
ent and will ask him to make an address
ou either the opening day of the fair or
on Tuesday. Needless to say. this will
be one of the chief attractions of fair
week; and for many the .presence of the
famous and much-loved "'Teddy" will be a
greater feature than the fact that the
cattle show at the next fair will be the
biggest thing of the kind ever seen here.
Roosevelt is a many-sided man and one
of his delights is to discuss agricultural
matters and the social and economic sides
of country life: and he is also said to have
some ideas of his own on the subject of
state fairs. At all events it is safe to
say that every person in Minnesota who
can manage to get within sound of his
voice will be glad to hear him speak at
the coming fair.
To-day's meeting of the state fair board j
was the first since the annual meet
ing of the society at which a quorum
has been present and there was much to
do in the way of ratifying tentative action
taken during the absence of the majority
and in making plans for the coming fair.
President Cooper was in the chair and
there were present Messrs. Sheviin,
Smith, Gordon, Cosgrove, Curryer, Saw
yer and Secretary Randall and Treasurer
Wilcox.
.Minor Mntterit OiscnNMeil.
Among the minor matters considered
wero the erection of a new speed barn
and the tunnelling of the race track. It
is hoped to arrange to construct a drive
way under the track so that carriages and
foot passengers who want to see the races
from the inside of the track can pass un
der the speedway and avoid all danger of
collision. This whole subject was left!
with the executive committee to report at !
the next meeting. It was reported that
the Great Northern railroad will increase
the sidings facilities at the grounds for
this season, thus giving improved trans
portation facilities. The board also auth
orized an arrangement for a tent 100 by
200 feet in size for the use of the judging I
and auctioneering of stock during fair j
week.
A committee of the Woodmen was pres
ent from St. Paul this morning to talk
about a possible arrangement of bleachers
in connection with the grand stand. The
Woodmen are to use the fair grounds dur
ing the coming convention for their drill,
and it is possible that some plan will be
made for erecting bleachers at that time.
In case this is done, the fair will gain
a much-needed addition to the seating
capacity of the grand stand.
At this afternoon's session of the board
the subject of plans for the new agricul
tural building was taken up with Architect
Aldrich present to explain the sketches
which he had prepared. The new building
will undoubtedly be located on the
prominent ground between the main or
exposition building and. the south front
of the fair grounds.
GOLORADO HAS ANOTHER
WORST BLIZZARD FOR YEARS
Heavy L.ont> of Stuck Is Expected in
the Northern Part of
the State.
Denver, Col., April 16. —Reports from
northern Colorado are that another storm
has prevailed on the prairies for forty
eight hours, and still continues. It began
in a misty rain and developed into a bliz
zard.
The loss of stock will be great, as the
animals have become weakened by the
storms of the past two weeks and lack
of food. The snow is drifting badly and
railroad traffic is delayed. .
In the vicinity of Denver and on the
plains the storm is described as the worst
for years.
TIER'S ACQUITTAL
Heartily Approved at Lead Where
Its Believed He** Innocent.
Special to The Journal.
Lead, S. D., April 16.—The friends of
Harry Tier in the Black Hills are feeling
good over his acquittal. He has been un
der arrest for several months at Evanston,
Wyoming, for the alleged murder of Jack
Wheeling, in 1875. It was not believed at
any time in this city that Tier was guilty
of the crime. He resembled the real mur- }
derer very closely and singularly enough j
went by another name at about the time
of the murder, that name being the one
carried by the man who is supposed to
have done the killing. Tier was a faithful
employe of the Homestake company at the
time of his arrest and it is believed here
he has been unjustly persecuted.
TUESDAY EVENING, APKIL 16, 1901.
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CARTER'S BIG HAUL
Solicitor General Richards Says
Total Was $2,169,159.
CARTER INVESTED IN STOCKS
Doctors Affirm That the Captain In
Physically ami Mentally '
Sound.
Washington, April 16. —Solicitor General
Richards to-day filed with the United
States supreme court a brief in opposition
to the application for bail in behalf of
former Captain Oberlin M. Carter, now in
the United States penitentiary at Fort
Leavenworth, Kan., upon conviction of
fraud in connection with harbor improve
ments at Savannah. The solicitor general
says in part:
Carter asks to be released from imprison
ment pending the hearing of this second ap*
peal upon the following grounds:
First —Because he is suffering from neu
rasthenia aud is on the verge of nervous col
lapse by reason of mental anguish, owing to
his imprisonment.
Second —Because he is innocent of the
charges on which he was convicted by the
court-martial, and the only way he can es
tablish his innocence, so he says, is by
pressing to trial the charges embraced in the
Georgia indictment, which, he asserts, can
not be tried because of his absence from
Georgia.
The solicitor filed the affidavits of five
physicians,'who examined Carter, and af
firm that "Carter is not now suffering
from neurasthenia; that he is not on the
verge of nervous collapse, and that Car
ter is now mentally and physically
sound."
As to the second ground the solicitor
general says in part:
If the criminal case cannQ^toi tried without
Carter, neither can ifr Jiyetried without his
Co-conspirators, Greene and the Gaynors. Yet
ever since the indictment was found, in De
cember, 1899, the government has been strenu
ously endeavoring to secure the removal of
Greene and the Gaynors from New York to
Georgia for trial.
Mr. Richards says that the investiga
tions of the government reveal the loss
of $2,169,159 through Carter's operations,
of which Carter received one-third, with
traveling expenses added. Mr. Richards
asks:
Is it any wonder that Carter wants to get
out on bail? Is it any wonder he desires
to be put in a position where he ran person
ally handle the sinews of war which he ob
tained by fraud from the government that
educated him and gave him his standing and
reputation?
Carter drew" out of the conspiracy $722,
--528.02, and of this amount the records of
stock brokers in New York show that he in
vested in stocks and bonds $90,301.85. For
his traveling expenses Carter received $1,575.
TO DEVELOP POWER
I'MnutM of Dual Companies at the Soo
to Be Enlarged.
Special to The Journal.
Sault Ste. Marie, Mich., April 16.—The
Chandler-Dunbar Water Power company and
the Edison Sault Electric company, which
consumes the water power, have made final
arrangements to enlarge their plant exten-
sively, and the work will begin within two
months. The water power is located on St.
Mary's falls, opposite the ship canal, and is
the most valuable on this side of the river,
as it can be economically developed to 60,000
horse power.
The extensions proposed at present contem
plate the development of 1,000 horse power
approximately and the construction of a
power house of stone 75x170 feet, in which
the electrical plant will be installed.
The cost of the proposed work will approx
imate $100,000. The project does not conflict
with the large enterprises of the Lake Su
perior Power company, but is a long step
towards developing all the water power fa
cilities here.
ST. MARY^SCHANNEL
Open From the Soo to Detonr—lee-
Locked to the North.
Special to The Journal.
Sault Ste. Marie,Mich., April 16.—The chan
nel in St. Mary"s river, according to advices
received to-day, is practically open from the
Soo to Detour. There is clear water between
here and Mud lake and much open water in
the latter body, indicating the ice is rotten
and can be easily cleared by steamers.
Above the Soo there is much field ice yet
and a rain is required to loosen it. The
weather in this locality has been unusually
warm, but there has been neither rain nor
snow for twenty-oae days.
IT WILL COME IN HANDY.
Uncle Sam—What have you there, my little man?
Japan—A new gun after an old model, CJncle.
MONOPOLY
OF ALASKA
Trading and Transportation
Combine.
■
SHUTS OUT ALL OTHERS
Complete Control of the Business of
the Gold Fields.
FIVE BIG COMPANIES MERGED
Rothschilds of London Are Inter
eMed In the Combine —
Cudaliy In It.
Special to The Journal.
Xew York, April 16. — All the Alaska
trading and navigation companies have
been consolidated into two organizations.
giving them a monopoly of the commer
cial wharfage trading and navigation in
the Yukon, the Klondike and the Cape
Nome gold regions. The new companies
were incorporated at Trenton, N. J., yes
terday under the names respectively of the
Northern Commercial and Northern Navi
gation companies. The inocrporators in
both companies are Leon Sloss, Isaac Lie
bes, George H. Higbee and William Thom
as, all of San Francisco.
The amalgamation embraces the Alaska
Commercial company, the North Ameri
can Transportation and Trading company
(Cudahy's), the Alaska Exploration com
pany, the Empire Transportation company
and the Seattle-Yukon Transportation
company. These are the five largest com
panies doing business in and about the
Alaska gold fields.
The principal business of the two new
companies will be transacted in San Fran
cisco. The eastern office will be in Cam
den, N. J.
The Companies.
The Northern Navigation company is
■capitalized at $1,700,000, in 17,000 shares.
There will also be air issue of $1,500,000 of
5 per cent gold bonds, of which $200,000
will be placed in the treasury.
The stock of the Northern Commercial
company is $2,750,000 in 27,500 shares. In
addition, there will be $4,250,000 of 5 per
cent gold bonds, $2,000,000 of vendors
bonds. $2,000,000 of working capital bonds,
and $250,000 in bonds placed in the treas
ury.
Control tlie Trade.
The new organization means a com
bination of all the leading commercial and
navigation companies having business in
Alaska. Except such wharves and other
properties as have been taken by the gov
ernment, the corporations will control all
the wharfage, trading stores and stations,
vessels plying between the United States
and Alaska, and other privileges necessary
to a profitable conduct of the busniess.
This will prevent other companies from
securing a foothold and will make com
petition very hazardous for others. The
business pays well at present, but the
risks are great.
Other persons principally interested
are the Rothschilds of London, the Cuda
hy's and Robert Dick of Chicago, C. Simon
of London, M. H. De Young and a few
others. The board of directors will be
selected soon from the directors of the
consolidated companies.
CHEAP CREMATION.
Chicago Chronicle.
Cremation in Japan is carried out in a
somewhat rough and ready manner. The
cheapest process only costs about $112.
This is scarcely adapted to western re
quirements and is sufficiently described by
the title which the foreign residents of ii
certain settlement in Japan give to the
native cremation ground among the hills—
•Reast Meat Valley."
PATRICK IS HELD
Charge Is the Murder of Wm. Rice,
the Texas Millionaire.
JUSTICE JEROME'S DECISION
He > It* Satisfied That Valet Jones*
,-'."■:.' Testimony ; Was Sufficiently:
Corroborated.
New York, April 16.—Justice Jerome to
day held Albert T. Patrick for the grand
Jury on a charge of murdering the late
Texas millionaire, William Marsh Rice.
Justice Jerome said he was satisfied that
the testimony of Jones, Rice's valet, was
adequately corroborated ' "within "f. the
meaning of section 399 of the code of
criminal procedure, by evidence tending to
connect the defendant with the commis
sion of the crime charged." • •
REPLY TO JAPAN
Court Won't Return Until
the Troops Leave
Peking.
Peking, April 16.—The Chinese court
has replied to the recommendations of
Japan, that the court return to Peking
and assume the task of restoring order in
Manchuria with international assistance,
that it is impossible for the emperor to
return to Peking until the country's guests
leave.
French Look After Catholic Claims.
Washington, April 16.—The French govern
ment is looking after the claims of Catholic
institutions and missionaries for indemnity
against China. It is said that some 30,000
persons, directly and indirectly connected
with the missions, many of them native con
verts, were killed or injured during the dis
turbances, and much property was damaged.
KEEP THE POSTMASTER
Congressman Intercedes for a. Min
nesota Official.
Special to The Journal.
Washington, April 16. — Representative
Eddy has recommended the retention of P.
P. Melbostad as postmaster at Wolver
ton, Wilkin county. Complaint was re
cently made to the department that the
deputy postmaster there while on duty In
the office had looked upon wine when it
was red. The inspector who investigated
the complaint reported that it was well
founded and recommended the postmas
ter's removal for having allowed his dep
uty to act so. Reports to Mr. Eddy are
that this was the only time since Melbo
stad has had the office that any indiscre
tion was committed, and that the deputy
was a man of good standing. On this
showing, Mr. Eddy recommended the re
tention of the postmaster.
—W. W. Jermane.
Washington Small Talk.
Rural free delivery service has been or
dered established at Racine, Mower county,
Minn., iSay 15, with G. A. Chamberlain as
carrier.
Dr. J. E. Jackson has been appointed pen
sion examining surgeon at Chatfleld, Dr.
O. E. Belcourt at Warren and Dr. Christian
Johuson at Willmar, Minn.
Postmasters appointed to-day: Minnesota—
Hawlck, Kandiyohi county, N. P. Nelson;
Quiring, Beltrami county, D. W. Carter.
lowa—West Gate, Fayette county, N. H.
Sjears. South Dakota —Echo, Gregory county
W. C. Hamilton.
PEPIN STILL CLOSED
Boats Will Not Start Oat for Long
Trip*.
Special to The Journal..
Stillwater, Minn., April 16.—David
Bronson has advices from one of his
pilots, who was coming up, river to take
out one of Bronson & Folsom's boats, that
Lake Pepin is still closed and is an effec
tual bar to navigation. The Stillwater
boats will not start out until the ice in
the lake breaks up, which may not be for
sceveral days, unless a strong wind should
set in.
"How did I like the sermon?" said the
colonel. "Very much, indeed. It's one of
my favorites."
12 PAGES-FIVE O'CLOCK.
THREAT TO TIE DP
THE STEEL TRUST
President Schaffer Will Call the Executive Com
mittee to Consider Ordering a
General Strike.
About 50,000 Men Are Employed in the Steel
Trust Mills—No Change at
McKeesport.
Hew York Sun Special Servtem .
McKeesport, Pa., April 16.—President
Theodore Sehaffer of the Amalgamated
association addressed, the striking em
ployes of the Wood department of the
American. Sheet Steel company, and an
nounced that unless the company agreed
to reinstate all its discharged employes
and recognize the union, he would call
out all the union mills controlled by the
United States Steel corporation. He said:
This fight Is one to a finish between the
Amalgamated Association and the billion
dollar trust. The life of our union is at stake.
The constitution of the association contains
a clause which says that in case of a com
pany refusing to recognize the union, all the
plants owned by that company shall be called
out. That clause will be enforced.
Every mill owned by the billion-dollar trust
will be shut down by the end of the week
unless the American Sheet Steel company
concedes the right of its employes to join the
union.
There are about seventy-five mills
owned by the great Morgan syndicate
which are controlled by the Amalgamated
association. About 50,000 men are em
ployed. The Carnegie mills and the Na
tional Tube Works in McKeesport are the
principal non-union mills. The tube
works men have announced their willing
ness to strike when asked, and the Car
negie employes are also willing to assist.
The union at the sheet mills has gained
over 100 new members.
CLOSE THE SHEET MILLS
President Schaffer Says "This Is tlie
Beginning."
Pittsburg, April 16.—1f the plans now
contemplated by the Amalgamated Asso
ciation are carried out, the result will be
a suspension of operations at all the union
plants of the American Sheet Steel com
pany before the close of the week.
President T J. Schaffer of the Amalga
mated Association to-day issued a call for
a special meeting of the national advis
ory board together with the vice presi-
TALKED FOUR HOURS
Fruitless Effort of Carpenters and
Builders to Agree.
OUTLOOK IS NOT PROMISING
But Both Sides Keeping Cool and
Avoiding Excitement—Locked-
Out Men Get Work.
There is a slight improvement in the
building trades situation to-day. Affairs
have now reached the conference stage,
usually accounted a step in the direction
of peace. A committee of five from the
Carpenters' union met with the executive
committee of the Master Builders' asso
ciation last night and the two labored long
and arduously to find common ground for
an amicable adjustment of their differ
ences. They were in session for four
hours, and then adjourned without re
sults. Both committees will report back
to their respective bodies and ask for
further instructions. It is the belief of
both sides that there will be no further
negotiations for two or three days yet,
end possibly longer.
The sentiment at last night's meeting
was not favorable to an early settlement,
but the fact that the two bodies were
ready to meet in conference, and still are,
is regarded as a joint in favor of an
ultimate adjustment of affairs. Some of
the contractors still insist, however, that
there is but a slim chance for a speedy
settlement. They look for a long-drawn
out contest, with still more complications
in the labor field, before any agreement is
reached.
Last >iglit's Conference.
Last night's conference committee was
made up as follows:
From the Master Builders' Association —
President H. N. Leighton, W. A. Pike, F.
G. McMillan, C. F. Haglin and N. W. Nel
fcon.
From the Carpenters' Union —M. N. Rog
ers, Thomas McCourt, John Duffleld, John
Walquist and John Franzen.
It was the understanding between the
committees that neither side should dis
cuss the details of the conference outside
and that every attempt should be made to
keep excitement down to a minimum.
The officials of the trades and labor
councils and the carpenters' union are
busily occupied to-day in placing the
locked-out men with outside contractors,
and they claim to be meeting with great
success. The independent contractors are
sure to reap much benefit from the situa-
Shock Kills Brother and Sister
,
£i»w York Sun Spftal Strviea «
Mooristown, N. J., April 16.— alarm of fire for a small blaze close to the home *~
of William Dyer, a well-known and prosperous liveryman, * last night, excited.
Mrs. Dyer that she was seized with hysterics and fell in a faint. She died In less
than an hour without regaining consciousness.
When news of Mrs. Dyer's death was carried to her aged brother, Charles C.
Coles, proprietor of the .local hotel, \he was seized with a similar shock and died in
a few hours. . # •
The doctors said both deaths were caused by heart disease induced by shock.
Morgan Buys the Gainsborough
London. April 16.—Onlookers, a society ] 000 the Gainsborough picture, recently r3«
paper, says it is practically settled that covered in Chicago. The Agn«ws, how*
J. Pierpont Morgan will secure lor £25,-] ever, deny that the sale baa b«»a mad**
dent of every district where the sheet
combination has a plant. It will be held
at national headquarters in this city to
morrow morning.
President Schaffer in speaking said with}
considerable emphasis:
'"I shall advise and urge all the mem
bers of the. board to vote for an immedlata
closing of al the plants of the Americaa
Sheet Steel company in this country. This
will be the beginning of the light, and t
will say nothing further on the subject."
When asked if the association could not
win by simply shutting down the sheet
mills, whether an order would be sent out
to close all the union tin plate and steel
plants of the United States Steel Cor
poration, Mr. Schaffer replied:
I will say nothing more than "this is the
beginning," and you can take whatever you
desire.
COMPANY STAXDS FIRM
Positive Refusal to Recognize th«
"Workmen's Union.
Pittsburg, April 16.—The strike at tha
W. Dewes Wood plant of the American
Sheet Steel company at McKeesport, ia
still on. The mill is operated in a crip
pled condition. The strikers are pa
trolling the streets to induce the workmea
to stay away from the mill, but they are
keeping off the company's property.
President Schaffer of the Amalgamated
association said he probably would call
the national advisory board together to
morrow to consider calling out the men io,
the other mills of the United States Steel
corporation.
Samuel G. Cooper, general manager of
the Wood plant, is opposed to the recogni
tion of the Amalgamated association. la
an interview he said:
This mill will never recognize the union.
The Wood mill has been opposed to the Amal
gamated association for over forty years, and
the mea at the head of the mill now are Just
as much opposed to the association as the
former proprietors were. I have received
word from headquarters that the company
will never recognize the union.
Sot SeriouH, Says Morpn.
London, April 16.— J. Pierpont Morgan say*
he has received no word regarding the strika
at McKeesport and he does not believe it is
likely to assume serious proportions.
tion, it Is said, and that the more work:
that comes their way the more places there
will be for the men that are out.
The Master Builders association will
hold dally sessions at its headquarter*
in the Eastman block for the next few:
days.
TO CODIFY THE LAWS
.
The Personnel of the Commission 1$
Announced.
JUDGE FISH, MINNEAPOLIS, ONE
Other Members Are Hiram 1". Ste
vens of St. Paul and T. J.
Knot of Jackson.
The judges of the supreme court thl4
afternoon announced the following com*
mission to revise and codify the statutes!
Hiram F. Stevens, St. Paul, chairman.
Daniel Fish, Minneapolis.
T. J. Knox, Jackson county.
All three are well known attorneys of
ability. Mr. Stevens is a republican. Ho
was formerly a state senator, and is a
prominent member of the Ramsey county
bar. He was largely instrumental in the
passage of the bill creating the commis
sion.
Judge Fish is an active republican and
a lawyer of high attainments. His ap
pointment will be very satisfactory to
Minneapolis attorneys.
T. J. Knox was a member of the railroad!
and warehouse commission under Gov*
ernor Lind, and is a democrat.
The compensation of the commissioner*
is to be fixed by the supreme court.
INDIANAPOLIS PAPERS COMBINE.
Indianapolis, April 16.—The Indianapolis
Press, established in 1899, to-morrow will ba
merged into the Indianapolis News. W. J.
Richards "will retire and John H. Holliday
will be associated with Delavan Smith and.
Charles R. Williams, the proprietors of tha
News.
LICENSE TO DRINK.
Little Rock, April 16.—8y a vote of 12 to
7 the senate passed a bill making it unlawful
for any person to drink any intoxicating liq
ors as a beverage unless he shall have first
obtained a license as a dram drinker. The
license is fixed at $5 per annum.