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ui "'I ^^W^^^f^^^SB fh PRICE TWO CENTS. as STRIKERS AND PACKERS TO MEET latter Pave Way to Reopening of Negotiations for Peace. ALLIED TRADES NAMES COMMITTEE TO CONFER News Is Greeted With Enthusi asm Among Strikers--An Appeal to Harrison. Chicago, Aug. 15.What is believed to be tantamount to a reopening of negotiations for peace emanating from the packers brought a session of the Allied Trades conference board to a close today. Word spread that the way had been I thru Manitoba, it would catch much paved for the reopening of negotia- wheat in a susceptible state. tions. The news was greeted with enthusiasm. A committee from the conference board was quickly selected and left, ostensibly, to meet the pack ers. The utmost secrecy governed the Bteps that followed the appearance of the messenger. Adjournment was taken shortly after, and the conferees were instructed to remain within easy call, to receive a report from the com mittee that was sent out. Meat dealers pleaded with Mayor Harrison this afternoon to stop the stockyards strike. Oscar F. Mayer, George Duddleston and others of the committee of ten appointed Friday evening for the purpose, went into session with the mayor. Before going in Mr. Duddleston, who supplies meat to five railroad companies, said he had suffered from the new stringency with Which the union boycott was en forped today, and had been prevented from making deliveries. It was nearly an hour before the strikers' committee, headed by Presi dent Donnelly and Nicholas Gier, re turned to union headquarters. The conference of the Allied Tardes then reassembled to receive the commit tee's report. The importance with which it was regarded was obvious by the anxiety with which the return of the committee was awaited. A long session followed. Clash of leaders. President Donnelly and George F. Golden of the teamsters have reached an open clash. For many days there have been indications of a lack of kindly feeling between the two lead ers. Matters came to an acute stage today, Donnelly declaring that Golden had no right to go to the mailcarriers and get a big contribution. "The teamsters have plenty of money. They don't need any con tributions," said Donnelly. "But when we went to the mailcarriers we found Golden had been there ahead of us. I am going to find out just how far this is going." "I don't care whether Donnelly ob jects or not," said Mr. Golden. "I have a right to go to anybody I want to and get funds for my men. We have volunteered to aid the butchers, and I think it very unbecoming in Donnelly to object to our helping our selves. The postoffice employees in vited a committee from our organiza tion to see them, and that is how it oame about." Golden's organization has received $2,000 from the truckdrivers and il.BOO from the ice-wagon drivers. Other smaller contributions have been reoeived from various organizations. President Donnelly today started out nearly 100 solicitors to obtain strike funds from stockyards business G.A.R. THOUSANDS THRONG BOSTON Surviving Veterans of Civil War Assenfble for Thirty-eighth Time. Boston, Mass., Aug. 15.For the thirty-eighth time since the civil war the surviving veterans who fought in the union army assembled today in annual encampment gathering in Bos ton. The encampment of the veterans as well as of the subsidiary organiza tions, including the National Woman's Relief corps, the National Daughters of Veterans, the National Sons of Vet erans and other organizations, was formally opened today. Massachusetts Sons of Veterans, stationed at the railroad terminals, re ceived the incoming delegations and escorted them to their hotels or head quarters. Of the events scheduled for today, the principal one was the parade of the union ex-prisoners of war, Mas sachusetts naval brigade, jackies Und marines from the warships in Boston harbor, and others. The men of the G. A. R. were to be spectators. Their own big parade was to come Tuesday, with business sessions later in the week and with campflres and recep tions interspersed. A conservative estimate of the peo ple in the city on account of the en campment, places the number at 100,- 000, with the likelihood of another 100,000 for the G. A. R. parade to morrow. DR. WATSON CHARGED WITH WIFE MURDER New London, Mo., Aug. 15.Dr. Jones Watson, the death of whose wife, July 5, has been the subject of an investigation by a coroner's jury here, has been arrested charged with the murder of his wife. John J. Suter of Palmyra, father of Mrs. Wat son, made the affidavit. Dr. Watson carried $30,000 insur ance on the life of his wife. In an alleged runaway near New London, the doctor asserted that she was thrown from the buggy into the salt river at the edge of which she was found. Postmasters appointed: MinnesotaKroschel, Kanabec county. August Kroschel, vice B. Kea, resigned. South DakotaPringle. Custer coun ty, Myrtle Colon, vice Patrick M. Conlon, re lgjjod. TM ^afc JAPS, y*L4Sr/?S OF SEA ASSAULT PORT THIS WEATHER IS WORTH MILLIONS It Will Do Much Toward Insur ing Safety of Wheat Crop. Black Rust Has Invaded Mani- tobaExtent of Damage There Undefined. Samples of rust infected wheat from fields around Portage la Prairie, Mani toba, were received on 'change this morning. Great concern was shown by the grain trade, for this may mean that the Canadian northwest crop is to suffer. Opinions differed as to the seriousness of the affection as indi cated by the samples, but meanwhile September wheat, having sold- down early to $1.01%, turned and shot up to $1.04%. Should the rust spread Crops Take a Brace. "Million-dollar" weather prevails over the northwest, and mre of it is predicted. Neck and neck, the wheat crop and the rust have been racing for the su premacy. Over Sunday the crop made a tremendous forward pull, out stripping the rust and running close to maturity in many backward coun ties. Black rust, having struck hard In South Dakota, western and west cen tral Minnesota and southeastern North Dakota has been steadily! mov ing on, covering new fields to the north and west. Wheat in the milk formation stage it strikes dead that full in the milk it checks where it stands wheat in the dough it stunts and shrivels, but cannot destroy and wheat in the hardening and ripening stages it injures only slightly. Thou sands of acres of wheat late in seeding and in germinating and held back by the infavorable weather of June and July, as yet untouched by the blight, stand in the stage where black rust could almost annihilate it, and other thousands of acres are still in condition to be injured. The rust is bearing down upon this wheat, but fastermuch faster than the rust can spjreadthe crop is forging ahead to wards immunity. Every hour, every minute, of this weather is worth gold en dollars to Minneapolis and the northwest. Conutry Trade Confident. So far as ordinary trade indications go, the fear of a crop calamity has not affected ihe country merchants. "I believe business interests gener ally are about to enjoy a prosperous periodone which will bring more money into circulation thruout the northwest than there has been in a long time." So said James F. Jordan, credit man for Wyman, Partridge & Co., today, basing his remarks on careful ly secured information, the result of investigation of general business con ditions in Minnesota and the two Da kotas. "We have fewer cancelation of or ders this season," he continued, "than has been the case for ten years past, which speaks more eloquently than words of how the merchants thruout the country are placing confidence in the future for prosperity." JEWS MASSACRED IN RUSSIAN CITIES Riots Give Rise to Butcheries With Race Hatred as Primal Cause. Now York Sun Special Service. New York, Aug. 15.The Jewish Morning Journal prints the following from its Warsaw (Russia) correspond ent: "On Sunday,. July 31, in the city of Ostrowitz (government of Rodom) a Jew was quarreling with a gentile. The latter, who was an epileptic, fell during the encounter, as a result of one of his epileptic fits. The Christian bystanders, however, raised the cry that the Jew murdered their comrade. The riot that ensued re solved itself into an awful massacre of Jews, of whom twenty were killed and a great number were wounded. The massacre lasted all day. "Another massacre occurred on Saturday, July 30, in the town of Potseveh (government of Sedlitz) in the following manner: "A lopal clergyman induced a small Hebrew girl to embrace the Christian faith. The parents of the girl went to the church where their daughter was confined, accompanied by some of their Jewish friends, and demanded her release on the ground that the court decided that the girl was un der age and could not act independ ently in such a matter, and that conse quently her parents had the right to Interfere with her action. "The clergyman, seeing that the Jews were determined to use force if necessary, called the mayor to his aid. The two incited the populace against the Jews and a fierce riot en sued. More than a hundred Jews were severely wounded. The number of dead is unknown, because the police withhold the facts." FLATS FOR CHILDREN AS THIS MAN'S PRIDE New York Sun Speoial Service. New York, Aug. 15.William O. Smith, who lives in a big house at Anthony avenue and One Hundred and Seventy-eighth street, has nearly finished building, a block away, at An thony avenue and Echo place, a six story flat house, which will be adapted especially for children. On the top floor is a huge playroom for the little folks, and a large backyard has been equipped with swings and other things that appeal to children. Mr. Smith ,says that the parents of any baby born in his flat house will get a month's rent free twins, two months triplets, from three to six.. mm JAPANESE Rurik Sunk and Two Cruisers Sent Limping Away in Flight. Tokio, Aug. 15.Vice Admiral Ka mimura encountered the Russian Vla divostok squadron at dawn yesterday north of Tsu island, in the Strait of Korea, and attacked the enemy at once. The battle lasted for five hours and resulted in a complete Japanese victory. The Russian oruiser Rurik was sunk and the cruisers Ros'sia and Gromoboi fled to the northward after having sustained serious damage. Whether they can make their home port is doubtful. The Japanese admiral has- three cruisers of greater speed, and torpedo boats from Fukuya ma will try .to in tercept the Russians. The Rurik carried 768 men. Her steel armor was from five to ten inches thick and only desperate fight ing could have sunk her. The Jap anese losses in men were small and there was no material damage to the fleet. A dispatch to the admiralty, from the naval establishment at Takeshiki says Admiral Kamimura. met the Vladivostok squadron twenty miles from Ulsan, Korea, at 5 o'clock Sun day morning. The battle ended at 10:30 a.m. The Rurik sank by the stern, her bow standing up perpendicularly. The Japanese rescued 450 members of the Rurik's- crew. The J&ossia and the Gromoboi caught Are several times and were heavily damaged. One of the Japanese ships was hit. Two Japanese were killed and seven were wounded. Survival's Landed. Nagasaki reports that 600 of the survivors of the Rurik of the Vladivo stok squadron, sunk by Admiral Kamimura, have arrived at Sasebo, the Japanese naval base. Underneath the jollity of the popu lace lies a feeling of deep satisfaction and gratification of the disposal of a desperately serious problem of the war. The Russian squadron which confronted Admiral Togo refused bat tle. It was stronger than Admiral Togo's squadron in battleships and ar mored cruisers, and had it elected to fight, the result might have altered the fortunes of war. The strength of the squadron which was opposed to Togo compelled him to draw vessels from the squadron under Vice Admi ral Kamimura, and this left the Jap anese navy powerless to operate against the Russian Vladivostok Continued on Second Page. m':S^M^:MmmmMvtnsa tUif'J?^s(g MONDAY EVENING, AUGUST 15, 1904. VICTOR,, VANQUISHED AND VLADEVOSTOK FLEET 7W azvrssz &imm* LONG TIE-UP IN GOTHAM IMPENDS Building Operations May Cease for Finish, lhght Over Open New York, Aug. 15.Today began the third and possibly the decisive week in the controversy which threatens to put a stop to building operations for months to come. It is said that everything points to a fight to the finish between labor unions and the Building Trades Employers' association over the question of the open shop. About 30,000 men are out of work, including skilled mechanics and la borers, as the result of the present difficulty. About 60,000 skilled work men in the building trades in this city would be affected by'a general strike or lockout. In addition, it is* esti mated that 45,000 helpers or laborers and 15,000 employed by material men would be thrown out of work, thus making a total of 120,000. Their loss in wages would a'mount in round figures to $10,000,000 a month, in addition to the capital of the 1,000 members of the Building Trades Employers' association, and the millions of dollars invested in property undergoing improvement that would be tied up. THE BUST. A little good weather will limber up wheat a good bit yet. -$ ADMIRAL KAMIMURA. DENYER SENT TO KEEP PEACE IN GONAIYES Washington, Aug. 15.The navy de partment has been advised of the sail ing of the cruiser Denver of the Caribbean squadron from Culebra for Gonaives, Haiti, where the American minister, Mr. Powell, has reported dis turbed conditions. The Bancroft has left Monte Christi. for Guantanamo by way of Port De Paix, Haiti. TWO BATTLES,' r. $&.- W777/ Atf/WK AND AAK KUROPlTKDtAGAIN FACES A COMBAT Japanese Reconnoitre as for An other Attack on Russian Armies. Chinese Bandits Alleged to Have Joined Japs in Menacing Railroad. Liao-yang, Aug. 14.Delayed In Transmission.The Japanese are pre paring to make an attack. They made reconnaisahces to ascertain the strength of the Russians at An-shan shan. The Japunese are eight miles to the southward of An-shan-shan, and thence hold a line southeast, in cluding the valley of Si-da-hi, whence their line runs northeast to Ho-loun gow, which is occupied by a large force. Further north their outposts are some miles from Lian-dian-sian. Opposite An-ping the Japanese oc cupy Coutzyatszi. On the Tai-tzl river the Japanese outposts occupy Dao-dln-shan, whence the Japanese tried to ford to Ben ei-hu, which is defended by the Rus sians. The road thence leads towards the Yan-tai mines and the railroad north of Liao-yang. The Japanese also occupy Tai-an tchan, opposite Da-pin-dou-shan, on the San-atzi road, over the Tao-pin pass and thru Sin-tszin-tin to Mukden. There are constant reports that the Japanese are moving large forces on the railroad to Sin-min-tin, and that they are bringing up pontoons to cross the Liao river, thus threatening the Mukden and Liao-yang railroad. From all this it is easy to perceive that the Russians' strategical position is very good. They occupy, with Liao-yang as the center, a fortified semicircle. jjThe Russian forces can be concentrated easily and moved along in side lines. The Japanese, on the other hand, are outside, and therefore much dispersed. T^ie Rus sians' position, it is asserted, will be still better when they retire from An shan-shan. The Japanese are ever showing a desire to close the circle from the north, simultaneously mov ing from the west and east towards Yan-tai, Mukden and the Ta pass. Under the present circumstances it is believed that this task is beyond their strength, at least until the fall of Port Arthur releases a large num ber of troops. CHINESE JOIN JAPANESE Bandits Attack Railway South Liao-yang, Say Russians. Mukden, Aug. 15.The Chinese bandit leaders Kit-su-shan, Tu-li-san and Fo-lingo, each with 1,000 follow ers, are now in the Sin-min-ting dis trict moving up the Liao valley to attack the railway. Each of the bands, which were organized by the Japanese, is accompanied by 100 Jap anese with mountain guns. Railroad Blown Up. Liao-yang, Aug. 15.Chinese ban dits last night blew up a portion of the railroad ten miles south of Liao yang. The road was repaired in a few hours. Twelve Chinese bandits have been brought to Liao-yang for firing on Russian scouts, during which two dragoons were wounded. The weather is cool and the sky dull, rain is falling occasionally. Al ready there are signs of autumn. The Russian troops are refreshed by their long rest, but they are dis heartened at the absence of news from Port Arthur and the impossi bility of going to the rescue of the fortress. FAIR TONiaHT AND TUESDAY COOLER TONIGHT PAGESFIVE O'CLOCK. $ of INFANT I S A GENERAL Czar's Son Is Made Hetmon of All Cossack Regiments. Special to The Journal. St. Petersburg, Aug. 15.The czar has appointed the czarevitch hetmon or general of all the Cossack regi ments, a post always held by the heir to the Russian throne. IOWAN MURDERED BY A RELATIVE Caldwell's Breast Pierced by Three Bullets Fired by His Brother-in-law. Speoial to The Journal. Des Moines, Iowa, Aug. 15.George H. Caldwell, a prominent farmer re siding near Berkely, Iowa, was shot fatally yesterday afternoon by his brother-in-law, Myron T. Bennett. Caldwell and Bennett have had trouble for three years over money matters. Yesterday their wives had a family dinner at the Bennett farm, after which Bennett and Caldwell went to the barn to talk over their business. They remained for several hours, and late in the afternoon three shots were fired and Mrs. Bennett and Mrs. Caldwell ran to the barn, and they found Caldwell with three bullet wounds in his breast. Bennett had left before the women reached the scene, and altho the sheriff has been on his trail, he has not been captured, and there is no trace of him. ]i\" 2 5 PERIS I N QUfeS lilt O KRUGE MILLION S -tfm Nf^ Durban, Natal, Aug. 15.The coast ing steamer Penguin has been wrecked and twenty-five persons who were on board of her were drowned. The boatswain is the only survivor. The Penguin was chartered to search for "Kruger's millions," alleged to have been sunk with the steamer Zululand off this- coast three years astrously, GENERAL ATTACK ON THE FORTRESS ____ Siege Guns and Soldiery Combine With Warships' Bom- I bardment. RUSSIA FILES CHARGE AGAINST THE CHINESE Seizure of Russ Warship by Japa Leads to Pro- test. Chi-fu, Aug. 15, 11 p.m.That a, general land and naval attack was made upon Port Arthur today is in dicated by information from various sources. The statement that the naval attack was made at 4 in the morning-] comes from an authoritative but not' diplomatic quarter. Junks which arrived here today ?ay- the Japanese recently occupied the Liau-ti hills and Su-shi-yan, which is, two or three miles north of tha fortress. Five warships and seven torpedo-, boat destroyers, according to tha junks, returned to Port Arthur on tha night of Aug. 10. An unconfirmed report which has reached here from Tsing-chau, says the Russian cruiser Novik, which pu into Tsing-chau after the battle ot Aug. 10 off Port Arthur, and which coaled there and put to sea within her twenty-four-hour limit, has been sunic* forty miles from Tsing-chau. Report Is Confirmed.: Berlin, Aug. 15.A dispatch to tha, Lokal Anzeiger from Tokio, dated to* day, confirms the report that heavfc fight'ng has occurred at Port Arthur during the.,past few days. The Jap anese captured three Russian bat-, teries and secured positions close to' the inner fortifications. Both sides lost heavily. The Japanese have com menced a bombardment from Lang mountain on the harbor and inner defences. Stoessel Reports Repulse.". \7~:\$[ th warships. SS 'i\ IL -f^r'Wm St. Petersburg, Aug. 15, 4:20 p.m. The war office today received a mes sage from Port Arthur in which Gen eral Stoessel, under date of Aug. 11, reports a successful repulse of a gen eral assault %n the Russian outer positions during the night following the departure of the Russian squad ron. He does not mention a naval engagement or. refer to the retur-n of ?$ _' CHINESE ARE ACCUSED Russians Demand the Ryeshytelni and China Passes I On. "Washington, Aug. 15.Mr. Conger, the American minister at Peking, has cabled to the state department under today's date as follows: "The Russian minister has sent to the Chinese government a strong note charging it with complicity in tha Ryeshitelni affair, charging the Chi nese commodore with cowardice or treason and demanding a full explana tion, the restoration of the destroyer and severe punishment of the commo dore. The Chinese government has demanded from the Japanese the res-' toration of the destroyer." St. Petersburg, Aug. 15.Russia's protest against the violation of Chinesa neutrality in the Ryeshitelni in cident at Chi-fu, is not expected by the foreign office to evoke an imme-! diate response from the powers. In ternational action, therefore, is not' regarded as likely at present unless the authorities at Washington changa their mind and decide to press th a question before the powers: The emperor has received the fol lowing telegram from Captain Shesta-^. kovsky, commander of the Russian torpedo boat destroyer Ryeshitelni: "On Aug. 11 I arrived at Chi-fu: from Port Arthur with the Ryeshit elni, bearing the important dispatches, having effected a passage thru two blockading lines. According to th a orders of Rear Admiral G-rlgorovitch. I disarmed the ship and lowered my\ flag. All formalities were duly car-' ried out. "On the early morning of the 12th I was in port when I was piratically, attacked by the Japanese, who had approached with two torpedo boats and a cruiser, and who sent a party under an officer as tho to enter into pour parlers. "Not having arms to resist, I or dered the making of preparations to blow up my ship. When the Japan ese began to hoist their flag, I in suited the Japanese officer by strik ing him and throwing him into tha water. I then ordered my crew to, throw the enemy into the sea. Our resistance, however, proved unavail ing and the Japanese took possession of the boat. "Explosions occurred in the engine room and in the fore part of the ves sel, but the Ryeshitelni did not sink and was taken from port by the Jap anese. I hope they will not be able to take her to one of their own ports." From Alexieff to Czar. *J The emperor has received the fol lowing from Viceroy Alexieff, dated Aug. 13. "Supplementing my telegram of Aug. 12: Our consul at Chi-fu reports that while he was conferring with, the taotai regarding the temporary stay of the Ryeshitelni to repair her en gines there, the commander of the boat, acting under instructions from Rear Admiral Grigorovitch, and owing to the defective condition of the en gines, entered into' negotiations with the Chinese admiral concerning the disarmament of the Ryeshitelni, hand ed him the breechlocks of the guns and the rifles and lowered his ensign and pennant. After the Japanese at tacked the crew w*e picked up by a boat belonging to a Chinese cruiser and other boats in the harbor. "Out of the Ryeshitelni's crew of forty-seven, four are missing. The commander was seriously but not mortally wounded by a bullet in the thigh and was removed with Ensign Petroff, who is ill. to the French Mis sionary hospital." 1 Ji fV EXPLAINED JA PS Captain of Russian aa Warshlp At- tempted to Blow Up His Vessel.