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THE MINNEAPOLIS JOURNAL.
PRICE TWO CENTS.
CHINA OPENS -
TO THE WORLD
American State Department
Hails a New Era.
NEW FOREIGN BOARD
No Probability That Minister Wu
Will Be Recalled.
PENSIONERS IN THE NORTHWEST
tio Probability of Keeoiiiuiendtition
Tliut a New Aiteney Be
KMtabliNhed.
Worn Thn Journal Bureau. Boon* dS, Pan
Building, ll\uhlnyton.
Washington, Aug. 3.—The Chinese min
ister, Wu-Ting-fang, is pleased with the
news which conies from Peking in re
gard to the establishment of a board
of foreign affairs to take the place of
the old Tsung Li Yamen. Our state de
partment also hails this move as the
beginning of a new era. It is regarded
as the formal opening of China to free
intercourse with the outside world, com
mercial and political. It was in compli
ance with a demand made by the United
States through Special Commissioner
Rockhill that the edict of July 24 was
issued, and in so doing the emperor ful
fills one of the most important condi
tions necessary to peace.
Xo intimation has been received at the
Chinese legation confirming the report
that Minister Wu-Ting-fang is to be re
called. While such an event is not im
possible, in the opinion of those who are
best able to judge there are many rea
sons why it is looked upon as improb
able. The formation of this new foreign
office is in itself a strong indication of
its improbability. The Chinese statesmen
who compose it, and those who are at
present most influential in the affairs of
the empire, are the radicals. They are
the more enlightened ones and are averse
to the traditional policy of seclusion and
unfriendliness to foreigners. Of this
party is Mr. Wu. Moreover, his services
during the late unpleasantness are re
garded as of the greatest importance to
his government, and unless he should in
tlmate_ a desire to return to his native
land, it is believed he can remain here
indefinitely. \
While the foreign ministers would j
hardly care to interfere in such a matter,
it is a fact that some pressure would be
brought to bear to prevent any design
for Minister Wu's recall at present. Af
fairs are progressing, satisfactorily; but j
are still far from settled. This govern- i
ment feels that there is no man whom
tile emperor can send{here who would be *
«o well equipped.- to hf.ndle the business I
in hand as Mr. Wu,and would feel justi- j
fied in expressing an informal opinion that
he be permitted to complete the task of
reconstruction going on. In this the
other powers would doubtless lend their
moral indorsement.
NO NEW In a dispatch to one
of the twin city
AGENCY FOR papers recently it
was suggested that a
PENSIONS. new pension agency
would be recom
mended for the northwest, owing to the
increased number of pensioners on the
rolls of the Milwaukee agency. It was
also suggested that the new agency might
be located at St. Paul. So far as can be
ascertained at the pension bureau no
such suggestion has reached Commission
er Evans, and if one were made he
would probably make an adverse report
on it. The reason for such a report
would be the fact that the number of
pensioners paid from the Milwaukee
agency is fewer now than it was two
years ago.
At the close of the fiscal year 1899, there
were 51,783 pensioners under all acts on
the rolls at that agency. The report for
lt'oo showed but 50,670, a decrease of
1,113. The decrease was caused by an
order issued by Commissioner Evans that
all pensioners should be paid from
agencies in whose territory they resided.
An examination disclosed that many per
sons who were being paid from the Mil
waukee agency resided in the jurisdic
tion of other agencies, most of them
having gone further west to the states
covered by the agency at San Francisco.
Their names were transferred to the San
Francisco roll and they are now being
paid from there.
During the past year there has been a
net gain of 136 pensioners on the Mil
waukee rolls, the total June 30. being
5t>,806, as against 50,670 on the same date
last year. Of this total about 27,000 pen
sicners live in Wisconsin, between 16,
--000 and 17.000, in Minnesota, 1,800 in North
Dakota and 5,000 in South Dakota. To
establish a new agency at St. Paul would
divide the roll of the Milwaukee agency
and leave it with fewer pensioners to pay
than any other agency in the United
States, except those at Augusta, Me., and
Concord, N. H., at each of which but 18,
--000 pensioners are paid.
Pension Commissioner Evans' policy is
one of consolidation rather than addi
tion to the number of agencies. He thinks
that the service can be better performed
at a few agencies than at many. All at
tempts at consoldidation, however, have
beeen blocked by politicians, who feared
the loss of places which might be filled
by the faithful. To divide the Milwaukee
agency would result in considerable dis
oiganization, according to the commis
sioner, and that is one reason he would
oppose the location of an agency at St.
Paul, if the pensioners to be paid from
it were to be taken from the Milwaukee
rolls. Another reason for his opposition
is the increased expense, which he would
not sanction as being good business pol
icy.
PROSECUTING Assistant - Attorney
General Burch, who
TIMBER FRAUDS, is in charge of the
prosecution of tim
ber frauds in Montana, said to-day that
he did not care to discuss at length the
dismissal of the indictments against Gris
wold and Jameson at Helena yesterday,
which was characterized by Judge Knowles
as "reprehensible."
"Perhaps the department is in posses
sion of some information regarding these
cases which is not known to the learned
judge," said Judge Burch, "and which, if
he had known about it, might have
changed his views materially. In direct
ing the dismissal of the indictments
against these two men the department
simply followed a precedent set in thou
sands of cases and acted according to its
best judgment. That is all I care to say
about the case at present."
From other' sources it is learned that
the prosecution hopes through Griswold
and Jameson to secure the conviction
of some of the principals in the frauds.
Th« government thinks this is a better
plan than to let all the cases fall through
for want of evidence. Special Attorney
Maynard has been directed to return to
Montana from Grand Rapids, to remain
until after the cases are disposed of by
the courts. It is expected that they will
be heard in September at Butte or in No
vember at Helena.
—W. W. Jermane.
Washington Small Talk.
A statement issued by the bureau of navi
gation shows that 312 vessels of 16,120 grots
toue were built in the United Statea and
officially numbered In July. On the Great
Lakes three wooden sailing vessels of 107 tous
each and nine wooden steam vessels of 442
tons each, and two steel steam vessels of 2,814
tons each, were constructed. The largest in
the latter class was the Pere Marquette 17,
built »t Cleveland for the American Ship
building company.
Assistant Secretary of the Treasury Spauld
ing has approved the bond of the Minnesota
& Manitoba Railroad company as common
carrier for the transportation of appraised
merchandise in transit to, from and through
the Dominion of Canada.
\V. A. Jones, commissioner of Indian af
fairs, has been given a very fine deer head
by J. H. Sherburne of Montana. The horus
measure four and a half feet from Up to tip.
Mr. Jones will send it to his home. Mineral
Point, Wis., to be hung in his library.
Postmasters appointed to-day: Minnesota—
Elaucock, Stevens county, John Atz. Montana
-Teton, Choteau county, P. M. Abbott. North
Dakota—Blntord, Uriggs county, G. McKln
ney. South Dakota—Butler, Day county, L.
C. Goodell.
CANNOT REMEMBER
Barry's Mind Became a Blank Be-
fore He Killed Mellem.
TAKES THE STAND AT LANGDON
I
His Relations to Mellem and Dis
covery of the Latter*
Duplicity.
Special to The Journal.
Langdon, N. D., Aug. 3.— The defendant,
William Barry, was put on the stand this
forenoon and under examination by At
torney Erwin was able to tell of events
transpiring up to within a few hours of
the killing of Mellem. Then comes a
blank in his memory, his reason apapr
ently not returning until several days
afterwards in jail.
Barry showed an earnestness in giving
his answers, but his thoughts came far
slower than Attorney Erwin's questioning.
His acquaintance with Mellem dated back
fourteen years ago and Barry took him in
because he was in need. aßrry is Illit
erate and placed his accounts and financial
affairs in Mellem's charge. Only when the
rush of harvest was on did Mellem take
much active part in the farm work. Bar
ry's sister, Mary Ann, of whom Mellem
was the unfaithful lover, came to keep
house for the defendant five years ago.
Two years later, it is alleged by Barry,
Mellem overpowered his sister by the aid
of drugs and accomplished her ruin, keep
ing it secret and continuing under promise
of marriage when he had made proof on
his homestead.
The defendant's testimony then returned
to what transpired during the days that
preceded Mellem's murder. The day fol
lowing Christmas, Barry, returning from
Milton after night, saw through the win
dow his sister and Mellem scuffling in the
kitchen. When he entered, they denied
anything was wrong.
Mellem blamed ii to Barry's imagina
tion, saying it was not unlikely the de
fendant would be in the "Jimtown asy
lum" in a couple of months.
On Sunday the confession of both his
sister and Mellem followed. Returning
from milking the cows, Mary Ann Barry,
in tears, told her brother that Mellem
who had been out doing chores, wanted
to give her croton oil. and asked de
fendant if it would kill her. Mellem com
ing in, told Barry he was to blame for
her condition, and would make it right—
would marry her. But Mary Ann re
fused, and said she would die on the door
step first, as she knew Mellem wouldn't
let the child be raised a Catholic.
Three nights following, Barry says, he
watched his sister continually to prevent
her harming herself. He announced to
them his intention of selling out and
leaving them the farm. He felt the fam
ily's disgrace so that he could not face
his neighbors.
The insanity of the defendant, as he
testified, dates around the early hours
of Jan. 3, the day on which Mellem was
killed. Before daylight Barry's sister,
partly dressed, escaped from the house.
The first time he found her lying in a
strawstack near' the house, and his mind j
gradually becoming clouded, now grew
uncertain. She got away again, and just
where he found her he testified he did
not know. Nothing is clear until he was
brought to jail, and his mind gradually
became restored.
The cross-examination of Barry was
begun just before noon.
Barry's Mother on the Stand.
Mrs. Helen Barry, the defendant's,
mother, said she was born in
Ireland sixty-five years ago and
came to America when she was
15, landing at the city of Brooklyn, where
her family lived for a year. Then they
went to Canada, settling in the township
of Aradoc, in the county of Huron, On
tario, where she has lived ever since.
At the age of 17, two years after taking
up residerce in Ontario, she first met
the defendant's father, Florence Barry,
and the marriage of the two followed at
an early date. Her husband was then 28
years of age, and he died a few years
ago, at the age of 65.
The examination by Mr. Templeton was
confined to the history of her own family,
and was not completed when court ad
journed. The witness gave a detailed
narrative of the condition of her
two sisters, Mrs. Sweeney and Mrs.
Ridge. She was asked by Mr.
Templeton to show the jury how
they acted, and give them a general idea
of what she saw them do. "They wur
pullin' their cothes and talkin' all sich
foolish nonsense as does insane persons—
ye've all seen tl-.em, and it yees haven't
I can tell ye where yees'll see lots of
them," was the answer. A portion of
this answer Mr. Cochrane moved to have
stricken out as not being in response to
the question, and the request was granted.
Depositions Front Canada.
The defense then took up the deposi
tions from Canada, three in number, all
bearing upon the trait of insanity in the
Barry family.
The first was that of Ellen Holt. She
is not related to Barry, but is acquainted
with defendant's family. She knew of the
grandmother having set fire to her own i
shanty and burned it, and believed her to
be insane.
Thp deponent also had known of the in
sanity of Mrs. O'Rourke, sister of the de
fendant's mother. Deponent knew Barry
as being of an excitable nature. He ex
pected on his last visit to Canada to get a
wife, but was disapopinted. Witness never j
knew of the insanity of Richard Barry, as '
testified to by his wife Thursday.
The second deposition was that of
Charles Ridge, husband of a sister of Wil
liam Barry's mother. His wife had been
confined twice in an insane asylum, two |
or three weeks each time.
The third deposition was that of John
Barry, a brother of defendant. He de
posed as to William Barry's having been
kicked on the head with a frozen boot by
Richard O'Rourke. and William remained
in the house all winter holding his head
down in a stupid fashion, and could not
sleep unless he hung his head over the
bed. William couldn't stand noise in the j
house all winter. In the spring a vein j
bursted half way between his ear and the '
crown of his head, and the wound fre
quently bled. Deponent told of a quarrel
later between himself and William during
which William foamed thick white foam
from his mouth. Deponent was sure from
his actions that William was insane et
that time.
SATURDAY EVENING, AUGUST 3, 1901.
KEPT UNDER COYER
Police Didn't Produce Dillon in Court
When Wanted.
FEARED HE WOULD BE SET FREE
Meantime the Tennettnee Warden
Han Arrived and Will Fight
for Ilia Prisoner.
H. J. Dillon, arrested under the name of
John Willis as a fugitive from Tennessee
justice, will have a hearing Monday be
fore the attorney general. Warden W. H.
Hartford, of the Tennessee prison, is here
to prove the prisoner's identity and estab
lish the fact that he was under a 15-year
sentence when he escaped.
Pending the hearing, the prisoner is in
custody of the Sheriff at the county jail.
Judge Holt being dissatisfied with the
action of the police in the case. Thereby
hangs a tale.
Yesteray, after Dillon had been released
from custody under the operation of the
writ of habeas corpus, he was immedi
ately rearrested by one of the detectives
present upon a warrant issued from the
municipal counrt.
A consultation was held in the municipal
court rooom shortly after, of which the
police had full cognizance, at which it
was aranged between Assistant County
Attorney Al. J. Smith, representing the
state, and T. J. Hutchiuson, representing
the prisoner, that the arraignment of the
man should occur at 2 o'clock, Judge Holt
agreeing to be present at that time es
pecially for the purpose. The police then
took the man away after receiving in
structions to produce him at the appointed
hour.
No Prisoner Appeared.
When 2 o'ciock arrived the man was not
present. The judge was on hand and the
prosecuting attorney was ready for busi
ness. An hour passed by and not a word
was heard from police headquarters. Fin
ally Al. Smith telephoned headquarters
and was informed that the prisoner would
be brought up immediately. Hutchinson
was not at hand to explain and Judge Holt
after waiting until 4 o'clock, went home.
About 2 o'clock eDtectlves HarVey and
Fairbairn had taken Dillon from his cell
and placing him in a carriage, they had
driven to the North Side station, placing
him in a cell there after giving positive
instructions that no one, not excepting
his attorney, should see him. Dillon says
that he wrote a note to the chief-of
police and gave his jailor $5 to deliver
it, but that the man soon returned with
the money and the note, saying that he
could not convey it.
Judge Holt Vexed.
Judge Holt was not in the best of humor
this morning when Dillon was finally pro
duced and the order afterward given to
transfer the prisoner to the clstody of
the sheriff was only what was expected.
The police excuse their action by say
ing that the Tennessee official, expected
to arrive yesterday, missed connections at
Chicago, and they feared that if the man
was produced in court at the time or
dered he would be set free by the judge.
Judge Holt himself told The Journal
that the detectives had no lawful right
to act as they did. They simply assumed
the right.
When Dillon was ararigned finally it
was 11 o'clock this morning, and then it
was found that Attorney Hutchinson was
absent. He had gone to St. Paul where
he arranged with Attorney General Doug
las to argue the validity of the requisition
Monday morning.
In the meantime the municipal court
arraignment proceeded without Mr.
Hutchinson and the examination set for
Monday next at 2 o'clock. Bail was al
lowed in the sum of $3,000.
FIVE KILLED BY INDIANS
Steamer Humboldt Hriims the \ews
and 5p.100.000 in Gold.
Seattle, Aug. 3. —The steamer Humboldt
arrived from Skaguay to-day with ?500 000
in Klondike gold.
According to advices brought down,
the Newport reached Juneau July 30 and
reported that five men had been killed by
j the Indians about 200 miles west from Val
dez island. No particulars could be
i learned.
MUSIC MAKING.
Philadelphia Press.
"Full of music, aren't you?" sarcasti
cally remarked the watchdog at midnight.
"Oh, I wouldn't cay that," replied the
Tom Cat, modestly, "but 1 am full of fld
dle-strin«3 f you know."
FATE OFTHE
BENDERS
Confession of One of Their
Executioners.
DEATHBED NARRATIVE
Notorious Family of Murderers
Simply Annihilated.
KATE FOUGHT LIKE A TIGRESS
She Cursed Her Father for Making- a
(unOsslun That Meant
Death to All.
Mew YmrkSun Somclal Soi-vloa
Guthrie, Okla., Aug. 3.—Daniel W. Mar
tin of this city, who lies on what will
THE DESTRUCTIVE CHILD.
probably prove to be his deathbed, ad
mitted yesterday that he was a member
of the vigilance committee that pursued
the notorious Benders when they fled in
1873. He confirmed the story that the
Benders were killed by this committee,
and told the details of their taking off,
although just what part he performed he
refused to say. If his story is true it
disposes of the theory that the Benders
are now in Colorado. Said Mr. Martin:
We overtook the Benders on the Verdigris
river and a regular court was formed. Be
fore the trial had proceeded far old man
Bender broke down and confessed. Then
that demon of a Kate turned loose the most
violent storm of curses upon her father
and damned him for his cowardice. The old
man fairly grfoveled in the dirt while his
tigress of a daughter told him his confession
meant death to them all.
After the confession ten men were chosen
from the vigilantes and these ten chose a
captain. The captain named a man and then
the two chose another. The other seven then
withdrew toward the main body, stopping
only long enough to dig four graves. The
three men that remained behind alone knew
the exact fate of the Benders. One thing
you can say, and that is that Kate Bender
did not meet death in the manner that the
rest did. She fought like a demon and
finally was shot. After this the work was
simple. The vigilantes shot the horses and
then burned up everything else the Benders
had taken with them and scattered the ashes.
WAGNERIAN OPERA
Nordica to Open a Great Theater in
Munich.
Munich, Bavaria, Aug. 3. — The wide
spread interest manifested in the open
ing of the great New Wagner theater
here, in September next, increases and
the attendance of notables from the mu
sical world is expected to be immense.
Mme. Nordica is preparing in the Black
Forest. The final rehearsal of the open
ing opera, "Tristran und Isolde," will be
given privately before the prince regent,
and the fact that Mme. Nordica filled the
role of Isolde will be recorded on tablets
in the new theater. During her four
weeks' engagement she will appear in the
role of Isolde and as Elsa in "Lohengrin."
At the conclusion of the season she will
go to Lucerne to rest before sailing for
America at the end of October. Mme.
Nordica has decided not to appear next
season In either opera or concert in New
York or Philadelphia, but she is booked
for upwards of eighty recitals throughout
the United States. Owing to her engage
ment she has been obliged to refuse an
offer to appear with the Nikisch orchestra
at the Gewandhaus, Leipzig.
WRECK OFF CAPE RACE
Cotton Laden Vessel Whose Name Is
Unknown.
St. Johns', N. F., Aug. 3.—A shipwreck
has been reported, nine miles west of
Cape Race. She is an east-bound ship
jrobably from the southern states, laden
with cotton and a general cargo. The
messenger who brought the news forgot
her name, but the captain's name is
Tait.
DIVORCE IN JAPAN
Why Lady Francis Hope Is Crossing
the Pacific.
SHE WILL MARRY CAPT. STRONG
Her Counsel Saytt She Supported Her
Husband and Denied a Financial
Story.
Kmw York Sum Somalml Smt-vfom.
New York, Aug. 3. —Lady Francis Hope,
who is on the ocean bound for Japan
with Captain Putnam Bradlee Strong, will
try to obtain a divorce in the Japanese
courts and will marry the man for whose
sake she has brought upon herself fresh
notoreity. At her wit's end to escape un
happy marriage ties and to marry the man
of her choice, she has sought refuge in
the far east and will there look for a
means of unravelling the present snarl.
Emanuel M. Friend, counsel for Lady
Francis, said yesterday that there wa3
absolutely no truth in the report that
Lord Francis had obtained a legal separ
ation from his wife or that she had re
ceived one penny from the Duke of New-
Castle or from any member of Lord
Hope's family. Said Mr. Friend:
On the contrary, Lord Hope is indebted
to May Yohe for a large sum, representing
moneys which she advanced him from time
to time for his personal use. Of this Lord
Hope has given evidence in writing and is
pledged to pay the debt in 1905. The amount
is sufficient to make Lady Hope independent.
The separation of the couple took place in
my office, when they agreed to live apart
for all time, though the agreement was not
made in writing. I think Lord Hope would
have considerable difficulty in securing, a
decree, for the English courts do not grarit
a divorce where both parties are at fault.
Although I am told the Duke of New Castle
is opposed to divorces, yet I know that he
ha-5 taken no active interest in the affairs of
Lord Hope and Lady Francis, and has been
in no way instrumental in bringing about the
present situation.
The money with which Lady Francis
traveled across the country was not hers,
but Captain Strong's, for I kow that he
made a great deal of money in fortunate
speculation in Wall street. The Hope jewels
are the property cf Lady Francis for all
time and are not being sacrificed. I hate to
see this little woman hounded. Wayward
she may be, but not mean or vicious. For
eight or nine years she has supported this
man, whose only possession is an empty
title, and with the money she provided by
her own efforts he spent the time in loafing
and cruising about in an expensive manner,
following his own sweet will, oblivious to
her and her claims upon him. May Yohe
may be censured for her foolishness, but
not for leaving Lord Hope If she had used
better judgment she would have escaped all
this publicity and condemnation. She reached
San Francisco all right and was thought to
be in England. Then came the subsequent
talk and scandal, and I hope her affairs will
soon b.e straightened out. I should not be
surprised to hear that she had won her free
dom through the courts of Japan and is
finally separated from Lord Hope.
HYDRAULIC MINING
English and Canadian Syndicate in
the Klondike.
Ottawa, Ont., Aug. 3.—tA large English
and Canadian syndicate of capitalists has
been granted a permit for the division of
the Klondike river throughout the entire
district for the purpose of hydraulic min
ing. The existing rights of miners are
preserved, but even where rights have al
ready been established the grantees will
have the right of supplying the holders j
with watr for mining purposes at the op
tion of the latter. The grantees, amongst
other matters, are bound to expend $250,
--000 in the construction of works within
1902. There is reason to believe that the
promoters have succeeded in promoting a
company to operate under the name of the
British-Canadian syndicate.
DETECTIVES CUFFED ABOUT
Evidence Collectors in a New York
Pool Room Discouraged.
New York, Aug. 3.—William Murray and
William C. Smith were held in $10,000
bail for felonious assault on the charge
that they attacked Detective McLellan,
of the Society for the Prevention of Crime,
in an alleged poolroom at 724 Broadway
yesterday afternoon. McLellan told the
magistrate that he and another agent of
the society were in the place getting evi
dence when they were recognized. They
were beaten, knocked down and hit with,
a black-jack and stabbed.
24 PAGES-FIVE^ O'CLOCK.
ABORTIVE STRIKE
CONFERENCE
Negotiations, Transferred From Pittsburg to
New York, Come to Naught at
the First Trial.
Amalgamated Representatives Decline to Ao
cept the Combine's Terms, but
May Reconsider,
New York, Aug. 3.—The steel strike
conference held here to-day failed to ar
rive at an agreement. The proposals
made by J. Pierpont Morgan and Charles
M. Schwab through President Shaffer and
Secretary Williams of the Amalgamated
Association one week ago are still open,
but the strikers' representatives showed
no inclination to accept them.
Representatives of the strikers left the
conference at which they had failed to
agree, with the announcement that they
will go into secret session themselves
later in the afternoon. It was admitted
that there may be action at that meeting
which will change the situation.
At the conference of this morning
Messrs. Morgan and Schwab insisted upon
acceptance c? the terms offered by them
on Saturday last. President Shaffer and
his associates demanded further conces
sions in behalf of the union. Neither side
would give in and the conferees dis
agreed and parted, leaving the situation
practically unchanged.
President Schwab went from the confer
ence to the office of J. P. Morgan, where
he was closeted for a time with Robert
Bacon. He would not discuss the con
ference or the strike situation.
Combine's Sole Proposition.
Soon after the adjournment of the con
ference D. G. Reid of the American Tin
Plate company, was asked if Mr. Mor
gan had, as was reported, delivered an
ultimatum to the strikers. He replied
that he did not wish to say anything
which would put Mr. Morgan in such a
position. He said, however, that the
strikers' executive committee had until
4 o'clock to-day to decide wether or not
to accept the only proposition ever made
to them by the United States Steel cor
poration, which was that the men
should go back- 10 work at last year's
scale of wages. This and no other prop
osition he said had been or will be made
to the Amalgamated executive commit
tee.
President Shaffer at the close of the
conference went to the Stevens house
with the other Amalgamated Association
delegates. -He was asked for a statement
as to what had been accomplished at the
conference, but he declined to speak on
the subject further than to say:
"It's too serious a matter. I must sub
mit certain matters —understand me, not
propositions—to my men, before I can
speak."
He would not say whether or not there
is to ~Be" "another conference this after
noon.
The Conference.
When President Shaffer and Secretary
Williams arrived the whole party filed
into Mr. Schwab's office in the Empire
building. Mr. Morgan had not yet arrived,
but the conference really began before he
came. Mr. Schwab spoke first and was
talking when Mr. Morgan, who came with
C. B. Dawkins, his English partner, and
Robert Bacon, arrived. Mr. Morgan fol
lowed Mr. Schwab in a brief address to
the representatives of labor, in which he
outlined his position and thet of the corpo
ration. He restated the proposals made
by himself and President Schwab on Sat
urday last and said that they encompassed
all the employers had to offer.
A general discussion followed, in which
the Amalgamated delegation insisted upon
greater concessions than those offered.
The discussion went into details as to
signing of the scale for iron mills, but it
was fruitless.
Mr. Morgan and the steel officials with
drew from the room to give the labor del
egates a chance to confer privately.
In their absence President Schaffer and
his associates decided that they could not
accept the proposals of last Saturday and
so informed the steel officials when they
returned. There was some general dis
cussion of an unimportant nature, and the
conference adjourned.
Mr. Morgan, Mr. Dawkins and. Mr. Bacon
were the first to leave the building, and
they were followed within a few minutes
by the Amalgamated delegation. The lat
ter went at once to the Stevens House for
lunch.
President Shaffer would not say any
thing as to the result of the conference.
He said he and his companions were going
to confer privately and might issue a
statement at 3 or 4 o'clock. He said,
however, that he had no proposition to
submit to them.
No Further Conference.
After the labor men went into session
in the Stevens House a statement was
given out by one of their number that
the propsition made by the steel corpora
tion would not be accepted and that there
WHAT BIG TfflNG IS BREWING?
Four Railroad Presidents Meet in St Paul and
Speculation Is Rife as to What It Means.
President C. S. Mellen, of the Northern
Pacific; President J. J. Hill, of the Great
Northern; President Marvin Hughitt, of
the North-Western, and President H. G.
Burt, of the Union Pacific, were all in St.
Paul yesterday.
To-day they were gone and a natural
question is, whither?
Presidents Mellen and Hughitt, accom
panied by General Manager Pearce, of the
Northern Pacific, went west "for a trip
over the system."
President Hughitt's trip with Mr. Mel
len has aroused some little comment.
would be no further conference between
that corporation and the Amalgamated as
sociation unless it should be asked fop
by the former. It was also said that the
Amalgamated representatives probably
would leave for Pittaburg to-morro^
morning.
AEGIIOES BIUVEN OPE*
Pickets in Cleveland Round Ip «
Dozen of Them.
Cleveland, Aug. 3.—As a result of tha
report that negroes are being brought
into the city to supplant white workmen
in the Newberg mills of the United States
Steel corporation, the idle plants are now
being picketed by members of the Amal
gamated association. Five plants are
now idle, the company recently having
closed down the 9, 12 and 18 inch mills
for the announced purpose of making re
pairs. The pickets late last night found
a dozen colored men asleep near the New
burg mills. Upon being aroused the
negroes declared they had no intention of
going to work. They were,.however, un
able to give a good account of themselves.
They were advised that their presence
might cause trouble and that they would
better leave the city at once. The col
ored men lost no time in getting out of
town. Local Amalgamated leaders de-«
clare they have received reliable infor
mation that an attempt will be made by
the steel corporation to start the 9, 12 and
18 inch Newberg mills Monday. The
union men say they will do everything
possible to prevent this unless a settle
ment of the strike shall be reached ia
the meantime.
Pittsburg, Aug. 3.— A report was re
ceived in McKeesport to-day that two car
loads of negroes were coming from Vir
ginia to take the places of strikers at the
Demmler tin plate mill. The strikers
called a meeting immediately and appoint
ed a committee of twenty men to go and
meet the train at Connellsville, and, if
possible, persuade the men to return to
Virginia. Great excitement prevails and
trouble is expected if the committee shall
be unable to stop the negroes at Con
nellsville. *
SHOTS FIRBU
Strikers' Attack Met by a Cour-
ageons Woman.
Wellsville, Ohio, Aug. 3. —Deeply en
raged by being outwitted by the mill offi
cials, who yesterday afternoon again suc
ceeded in running nine new mill workers
into the mill, the strikers became desper
ate last night and asserted that no more
accessions must be made to the mill
workers. Acordingly, more than a hun
dred of them guarded both entrances to
the mill all night. They made c: .ra ef
forts to be vigilant when the midnight
train from Pittsburg came to town, but
were unable to locate any more strike
brokers.
About 2 o'clock this morning they went
to the house of a mill worker named
Henry Phillips. ' Phillips' wife boards
three of the men who came here a few
days ago to work at the mill. The strik
ers pelted the house with stones, breaking
nearly all the windows, and demanded
that the mill men who were boarding
there come out. Several shots were fired
with revolvers by the men, but no one
was hurt. Mrs .Phillips is a plucky wom
an, and, armed with a gun, she went out
into the crowd of strikers and dared them
to touch her. She then took the men who
were boarding with her, including her
husband, to the mill; she walked beside
them with a loaded revolver in her hand
and at the same time daring the strik
ers to Interfere. She got the four men
inside the mill and then turned and put
the mob, as she calls them, to rout. She
says that she knows many of them and
will have them arrested to-day.
Some interesting developments are
looked for before Monday. The plant ia
now running fivo of its mills, four of them
double and one of them single turn.
Manager Brookman declares that the mill
will be running in full capacity by Mon
day,
STILLWATER'S BUDGET.
Special to The Journal.
Stillwater", Minn., Aug. 3.—Fire started
early this morning in August Loeber's
hardware store on South Main street. It
was easily handled and the loss was light.
—Rev. F. L. Palmer, pastor of Ascension
Episcopal church, returned this morning
from a trip to points in Massachusetts.—
Several Stillwater people drove to Gust
Sexton's farm residence last night and
gave him a surprise on the anniversary
of his birth. Good music was taken along
and a dance followed. —The steamer Kit
Carson left to-day with a tow of logs for
the Gem City Sawmill company of Quincy,
111.—The funeral of the infant son of Mr.
and Mrs. Harley Underwood will be held
at the residence at 2 o'clock to-morrow
afternoon. —The Joseph Wolf and White
Bear teams will meet here to-morrow.-—
A company of Stillwater young people
went to Staples' Big Lake clubhouse last
night and enjoyed a hop, driving home by
moonlight.
President Burt of the Union Pacific,
and several other railroad officials, said
to include one or two from the Southern
Pacific and one from the Burlington, left
St. Paul on Northern Pacific train No. 5
lest night in two private cars, supposedly
ofr a fishing trip at Leech Lake, on the
Northern Pacific, but there is no certainty
that they will not encounter President
Mellen's party somewhere on the road.
President Hill is understood to have ar
ranged to leave the city to-night, but his
destination is not known. Whether ha
intends going east, or is destined to New
York, was not stated.