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No. 14,855. WASHINGTON, D. C., MONDAY, OCTOBER 8, 1900-TWELVE PAGES. TWO CENTS. THE EVENING STAR. PUBLISHED DAILY. EXCEPT SUNDAY. Jo-iness Office. Ilth Street and Pennsylvania Avenue The Evening Star Newspaper Company. S. H. KAUFFMANN, Prrs't. New York Office: 126 Tribune Building. Chicago Office: Boyce Building. The Kventnfr Star Is set-Ted to snhsrrlbers In the rlty l>y carriers, on their own account. nt 10 cents j,.r week. or 44 rents per montb. Copies at the counter, 2 rents ea.-h. Hy mall?anywhere In the I s nrfanadn?postage prepaid?Sficen s jier month. Saturday Quintuple Sheet Star. $1 |>er Tear; with f 'rrlsrn i? st)ij:e added $S.t 8. (Entered at the p. st Offlrr at Washington. P. C., as *ev.nd-rla?s mall matter.) C TA11 mail snlwrrlptions must he paid in advance. Hates of advertising made kit ?'.ru on application. STRIKERS TO DECIDE Convention Called to Pass on Offer of Operators. MITCHELL ISSUES THE ORDER Belief That They Will Vote to Re turn to Work. BTITTER FE KLTXf I APPA R EXT SHENANDOAH. Pa., October S.?Presi dent Mitchell, at lo re, a.m., issued a call fur a convention of mine workers of the three districts comprising the anthracite field, to meet in Scranton. Pa., on Friday next. ! The text of the convention call is as fol lows: Temporary Headquarters, United Mine Workers, HAZL.ETON, Pa.. October K To All Miners anil Mine Employes of the Anthracite Region: Brothers: In view of tin fact that the mine operators have posted notices offer lrg an advance in wag* s formerly paid, and believing it to be our plain ?.uty to consult your wishes as to our future action, we deem it advisable to ask you to select dele gates to represent you in convention. "You are therefore notified that a con vention will be held at Scranton. Pa., be ginning Friday, October 12. at 10 a.m. "The basis of representation will be one vote for each 100 persons on strike, or If desired, one delegate may represent as many as ."xhi mine workers, but no delegate will be allotted to cast more than five votes. "Each del. gate should have credentials signed by the chairman and secretary of the meeting at which he is elected, and whenever possible, credentials should bear th? seal of the local union. "I?el<gates will be notified of the hall in which the convention will be held upon their arrival in Scranton." (After the call had been issued it was learned that the con vention will be held in Music Hall.) Signed: John Mitchell, president 1 nited Mine Workers of America: T. D. Nicholls. pr.-i dent district No. 1; Thomas Duffy, pre-i d> tit district No. 7; John Fahv, president district No. U." Would \ot Anilcipate. President Mitchell refused to say any thing as to what the convention would probably decide to do in the matter of the lo per cent net increase. Neither would he anticipate what business, other than that relating to the advance in wages, would be brought before the delegates. It is not unlikely that the abolishment of the slid ing scale will come in for some considera tion. None of the labor leaders here will 1 publicly say whether the increase will be ao???pied or rejected, but there is a strong belief that the men in convention will vote to fzo l?ark to w??rk. Now that the convention is a certainty there is a feeling of relief in the entire region and it is confidently expected that a w???-k from today will see the mine work ers going back to the mines. President Mitchell will call the conven tion to order and will preside over its ses sions. The secretaries will be elected by the delegates and it is almost certain that the convention will vote that all of its ses sions shall be held in secret. In the mean time the labor leaders say their efforts to close up the mines still in "operation will go on. Notices of lo per cent advance in wages and the reduction in the price of powder were posted this morning by M. S. Kem rnerer &? Co., operating the Sandy Run col lierv. and ( oxe Hrothers & Co., operating six collieries. The notices are similar to 1 nose j.ut up by the other companies last we,-k. G. H. Markle & Co.. Calvin Pardee A: Co. Pods, in & Co. and the Silver "rook Coal Company are the only com panies hereabouts that have not yet offered their men an increase. These four con ce-ns normally employ upward of 4,ooo men. Mil vriox AT I'AMIIKH CHEEK. Men There Still Refaxr to Quit Work. Si*- inl From a St;i!Y (orresjtfiiident. HAZI-ETON. Pa., October 8. ? Adjoin ing this region is another section of the anthracite coal field where the miners up to today have refused to strike. This is known as the Panth? r Creek dis trict. There are about 4,.">00 miners em ph.yed in the several collieries ?.f the dis trict. and th?-y have refused to listen to appeal* heretofore from their Hazleton buthre.'i to leave the mines. Yesterday I made an expedition through th< Panther ('re.k region, visiting all the little mining boroughs between Mauch Chunk and Tama?jua. a distance of sev ctal mi s 1 he miners have been receiving t>. tier wages than their colleagues in oilier s. ??Hons. Th? y ar. not oppressed by I' c iJifi-iny stores. They buy their pow ? r .At .-cuts a k. g cheaper, and thev pos sess oth. r advantages. ,The result is shown in th.-ir ma'eriai conditions. Their ft s are neat; the Hit!.- towns well kept. rhej have good school houses. Tic- men, V "m"n and children were c imtortably dr? s <1. and there was a gen< ral air of thrift about everything. This v. ry condition is cited by th< ir less te brothers of llazleton and else wi. !* as proof thai where the men receive j r treatment they can get along and be content It is claimed that it is their object to make all the coal operators treat their ii.en . well as Panther Creek operators do. Yesterday It was apparent that the ef f< rts of the strikers to close down the Panther Creek mines would be partially successful No pretense of a local griev ance was made, but the strike was to be ? ne purely uf sympathy and for the moral ? ffect upon the genera] welfare or the bik atrike. There were muttering* of discontent among 'l,e Hungarian miners at the pro posed strike. They do not belong to the union in numbers and did not care to trou ble themselves with the grievances of oth ers. more especially as they had been noti fied they would share the proposed gen eral ad\ ante of lo per cent increase of feied by all the operators. N. O. M. AI'I. QI'IET AT HAZLETON. The Trouble \ n ticipnted There Did .\o? Materialise. HAZLETON, Pa., October 8.?In anticipa tion of marching by the strikers this morn ing every one of the dozen or more col lieries In this district still in operation in h more or less crippled condition was vir tually an armed camp during the night, but the expected did not happen and the peace of the community remains undisturbed. It \\hs the un. aslest morning that Hazleton lias experienced since the strike began three weeks ago today. In addition to the Concentration of sheriffs' deputies in this elt> last night, every coliierv In (he region had extra forces of coal and iron |>oilce fully armed. There was no marching ot large bodies of men, but crowds of strikers gathered, as is their custom every week day morning, in the vicinity of the various collieries that remain in operation. Tile Kreatest crowd, which numbered probably men, assembled in the neigh borhood of Cranberry colliery of A. Pardee & Co.. t>n the outskirts of this city. Quite a number of workmen on their way to work this morning were turned bark, some through fear and others through persua sion. The company officials said the col liery is working as usual today. Another crowd gathered in the vicinity of No. 4 slope'and No. 4? shaft of the Lehigh Valley Coal Company in Hazleton. but no disturb ance occurred. The inclement weather probably had much to do with the pacific condition of affairs. It rained hard during the night and a heavy mist hangs over the entire region today. BETTER FEELING APPAHEST. Mi tcli el 1'h tail Beiearded a* Be?in nitiK 'if the End. W'lLKESBARKE, Pa., October 8.?The op erators. in a statement issued this morning, say that affairs are in better shape in the Lehigh region today. Collieries are work ing tlmt were idle the better part of last week. President Mitchell s call for a convention ?of miners at Seranton next Friday to dis cuss terms of settlement is looked upoa here as the beginning of the end of the strike. There is a belter feeling In busi ness circles and the strikers themselves are jubilant over the prospects of an amicable settlement of the difficulty. The Delaware ami Hudson company to day posted notices of an increase of 10 per cent 4u wages at its collieries in this sec tion. The Susquehanna Coal Company, which operates the mine at Nanticoke, is still holding out. At '.he office of the com pany in this city the general superintendent said the company had not yet taken any action on tlit- matter. The employes of the company are a little uneasy about the com pany's de-lay in posting notices of an in crease. Belief Timt End In Near. BCRANTON. Pa., October 8.?The fourth week of the mine workers' strike in the Lackawanna region began today, with a general feeling that this week will end the conflict. Preparations are being made for the big demonstration here on Wednesday and the assembling on Friday of the mine workers' convention, which will take up the proposal of the operators. ( ALL FOB SHERIFF BEIFF. Feu r* at Wiliiamfitvwii of Trouble AmuiiK Miner*. IIAKKISBI'HG. Pa., October 8.?Sheriff Reiff of Dauphin county was summoned to W'illiamstown this morning by the borough authorities to prepare for a probable con flict between the strikers and non-strikers in the Lykens valley region. The union leaders claimed to have secured the signa tures of 511 mine employes at Williams town to a paper to join the strike and be come members of the union. A public meeting w ill be held tonight at \\ illiams tuw n. at which an effort will be made to induce the l,2<x? employes at the colliery to quit work All the brass bands in the val ley have been engaged. Sheriff Re iff telephoned at noon from Williamstown that all was quiet and that he Was prepared for any trouble which may ari.-e. The officials of tne colliery claim that ail the men are working and that they have no fears of them joining the strike. On the other hand, the strikers at Lykens and Wiconosco say the Williamstown col liery is working only about half the full force and tiiat it will be closed down inside of forty-eight hours. The organizers of ttie mine workers' union have been working quietly among the Williamstown men ever since the 1.2oo mine employes at Lykens and \\ .eonosco went out. The Lykens and Williamstown collieries are controlled by the Pennsylvania railroad. NEW < l BE FOB >1 A I. A BI A. Prof. Koeli the llaeferioloKlNt Make* Inferential*' Announcement. TACOMA, Wash., October 8.?Passengers who arrived yesterday from the orient re port that Prof. Robert Koch has arrived at Hong Kong. The eminent bacteriologist of the Berlin I'niverslty has devoted a year to scientific investigations in the Dutch West Indies and in the German colonies of East Africa for the purpose of testing his cure of malaria, which was only partially successful in Germany before his departure. The scientist now announces to the medical world that his cure is positive and that every malarial district can be absolutely purged of the scourge. During his stay on the Island of Java Prof. Koch procured several gorillas in fected with malaria, whom he gave hypo dermic injections of his virus, ami in whose food he mixed a medicine which contains about oO per cent of quinine. The doses were much larger than those Intended for human beings and the results were emi nently satisfactory. Dr. Koch announces that his medicine is both fur curative and preventive purposes. He also wants it known that he has found a way of ridding countries of the malarial parasites, the mosquitoes. On his arrival in Berlin he will present ' his official report to the German govern ment and will recommend that measures be taken at once to introduce his method of exterminating the parasites and his cure for malaria, which, he claims, can be man ufactured at once in ail countries. DISOBDEItS AT VIGO, SPAIN. Bl\alr> Anionic Fl?liermen the ('unite of the Trouble. VIGO, Spain, October .s.?Fresh disorders have occurred as a result of the industrial rivalry between the fishermen of this neigh borhood and those of ('angas, province of Pontevedra. who, as already cabled, lired on the Spanish gunboat Vasco Nunez de Balboa as that vessel was leaving the port Saturday, wounding many persons, and also attacked the naval commandant of the port. The latest disturbances have resulted in numbers of men being wounded and in 1 a fishing boat being burnt d at Cargas. The Vasco Nunez de Balboa has seized seven Ashing boats. HOI HKE < Ot KRAVS TIIBI) AT MORE. Forced to Cancel un tnicuKemenl at l.eu * en?\ ort h Tonight. KANSAS CITY, Mo., October H.?Bourke Cockran is quite 111 with a cold and sore | throat and has postponed a meeting at j Leavenworth, Kan., advertised for tonight. Mr. Cockran arrived here last night from Topeka. where he Saturday night address ed a large gathering, and sought the ser vices of a throat specialist. The physi cian called in said Mr. Cockran's affliction I was not of a serious character. Mr. Cock | ran says he will return to Leavenworth on ; Wednesday or Thursday night and make an address. He will start for Nebraska today, speaking en route If able. STRl'C'K BY TBOLIiEY CAB. All of I'lttuhurK Plenle Purty More or Le?N Hurt. PITTSBURG, October 8.?Seventeen pic nickers returning to their homes in a wagon last night, were all more or less seriously Injured by a collison with a suburban rapid transit trolley car. One of the occupants of the wagon, a small child named John Schmidt, was internally injured and will die. The others will recover. 'i he ac cident was caused by the failure of the motorman to control his car on the s!i{? pery rail. MlnNins Men'* Bodle* Found. WINNIPEG, Manitoba, October 8.?The badly decomposed bodies of Clias. Daw anil Jacob Smith, two well-to-do farmers, w?ire found buried lt> an old well near Boissevan yesterday. Daw and Smith had been miss ing since last July, when they sold their farms to a man named Govelon, who claim ed to have paid a large sum for them. It is said that Govelon has not been seen since Sunday. GOING TO SINGAN-FU Chinese Imperial Court Afraid to Re turn to Pekin. MOVING 300 MILES FORTHER AWAY * Yu, Governor of Shansi Province, to Be Degraded. MINISTER WU'S ADVICES The effort to induce the Chinese imperial court to return to Pekin has failed, after a week's persistent pressure on the part of the powers. News to that effect was brought to the State Department today by the Chi nese mlnis'er, who received it via St. Pe tersburg from Viceroys Liu Kun-Yih and Chang Chih-Tung, under date of October 4. Minister Wu received this message last night. It was as follows: Milliliter Wii'h Advice*. "The departure of their imperial majes ties for Shensi (province) was due to dis tressing conditions at Tai-Yvan Fu. There is a scarcity of food supplies in the prov ince of Shansi on account of long-continued drought, and the provincial capital (Tai Yuan) is almost deserted, the tradespeople having left on account of the disturbances caused and continued for months by the Boxer rebels, who had invaded that prov ince, with the encouragement of Governor Yu. Their majesties, therefore, we*"e obliged to proceed to Shensi. where tele graphic communication with Shanghai and other parts of the empire is opened, and rapid communication with their majesties may, therefore, be carried on; thus court and official business may be transacted more expeditiously by their presence In Shensi rather than in Shansi. The reasons for the temporary postponement of their majesties' return to Pekin are the pres ence of the allied forces there, on account of which solicitous fear is doubtless enter tained. besides a dread of the outbreak of epidemic diseases, which usually follow after great disturbances, destruction of property and military operations. It is hoped the powers will be considerate in their judgment in this matter." The important feature of the message is the confession that the court is re strained by fear of the allied forces from returning to Pekin. The movement takes the emperor and empress dowager to Singan-fu. about 3<Xi miles further away from Pekin. though, according to the state ments contained in the message, by reason of direct telegraphic communication with Shanghai, the court will practically be nearer for purposes of negotiation with the outside world than it was at Tai-Yuan. Viceroy Vo Inipeaclit'd. Minister Wu has also been informed that Viceroy Yu of the province Just vacated by the court has been impeached because of his anti-foreign tendencies, which is the first step toward his degradation. It is said that there are no Boxers In the newly chosen locality, so that the court will have thrown off the hostile Influences recently surrounding it. As the dispatch is dated four days ago, it is taken that the trip of the imperial party began prior to that time. It will be slow and tedious, overland most of the way, with a short stretch of river navigation. Singan-fu was formerly the place of imperial residence, and the ancient palaces are still there. The only disquieting feature of the move comes from Japanese advices, stating that the new point of location Is strongly fortified, which Is some indication that the imperial family is still in flight, and is seeking stronger de fenses. But the friendly viceroys and Min ister Wu do not share in that view. UiieHtiou of I'uiiiiiliaieiiti. The minister considers the question of punishments practically disposed of by the edict of the emperor and the German and American notes exchanged last week. About the only difficulty he apprehends is in case the foreign ministers seek to desig nate certain persons who shall be punished, in addition to those which tin- government itself marks for punishment. Such a course by the ministers, he says, would be hard to comply with, but he looks to tlie sagacity of Li Hung Chang and Prince <'h:ng to overcome any difficulty along that line. SRNT TO SIHTIt KAS1 KIRS. Sli ipiiicii I m of Money to the South Have Heen I iiiiMiialiy l.nrcc, The shipments of money to the New Or leans, St. Louis and Chicago subtreasuries for the movement of the cotton crop con tinues from the treasury. The shipments for today were $1<hi,o(k>. Saturday the total shipments for this season amounted to JlO.+KMWio, against ST.,412.",,)hhi for the same period last year, showing an increase to nearly twice the former amount. Of the total amount New Orleans had received lO.iKdi. The treasury officials regard the shipments as showing an unusually pros perous condition of affairs'in the south, li is believed that the shortage in the present cotton crop will result in millions of dollars more being left in the south this year than in many years before. More money will be spent for cotton than If the crop had g >ne far beyond the number of bales needed. Hf.d thi> !)??( the stai*_'~of fnets the price of cotton would have been so much reduced that (lie shipments to New Orleans and elsewhere of money would have been much less than the figures given. <1 H\\ < l STOWS K(SCRIPTS. Increase for n Period of Kiuhia Month* Compared With l.iiNt Year. The total customs receipts for the Island of Cuba during the first eight months of liNHi wire $lo.?J72.i?^i.r,r>. as against $0.4!K1, (Msh.441 for the sarae period of 1X!)'.i, accord ing to a statement given out today by the division of customs and insular affairs of the War Department. A comparison of the receipts at the sev eral ports cif the Island show material gains in moat instances. At Havana the receipts for 1!Mh) were $8.<>23,lMi?.2tt, as against $7.< *50,3X3.XJ? last year. At other Important ports the statement shows Cien fuegos, UN HI, $735.2<a>.5?i; 18i?>, $785,158.1 H>; Santiago, liHfO, $?23,7'J<>.01; 189'I, $551?.57!?.4<i: Matanzas, lJKNt, J.'00,<Hn.<S9; 18M), $2?i!).411.71?, and Neuvitas, 1900, $115,013.12; 1899, $151, 635.SU. The Sloeuin at Snn Kranelneo. The quartermaster general has been in formed that the Slocum arrived at San Francisco Saturday night, having made the trip from New York by way of the Straits oi Magellan in eighty-six da>s. The Slo cum is one of the largest and most power ful tugs in the service of the quartermas ter's department, and will be of great ad vantage In the transportation of passengers and freight between San Francisco and the military transports in the harbor and out side. The government was unable to buy a vessel of that character on the Pacific coast and a chartered tug would be very much circumscribed in its operations by the rules of the port against carrying pas sengers. &c. It was on that account that it was found necessary to send a vessel around from New York. Thf Arab Krarhei Kobe. Word was received at the War Depart ment today of the arrival of the transjiort Arab at Kobe, with horses and mulea for the Philippines. BUSINESS THEY ARE IAAMXOI S IX FAVOR OF McKINLEY'S HE-ELEC'TIOX. Many Enterprise* That Are Ready fop Beln? Launched If Such Proves to Be the Cane. Mr. Charles Webster of Kansas City, gen eial manager of the Independent telephone companies operating more than 5,000 miles on lines in the states of Iowa. Minnesota, Missouri and Nebraska, in conversation with a repreesntative of The Evening Star expressed the utmost confidence in the re election of President McKinley. Mr. Web ster was returning home from a business trip in the east, having visited Boston, New ^ ork and Philadelphia, where, he says, the feeling that the republican ticket will win Is practically unanimous among business interests of whatever nature. "Notwithstanding this optimistic view of the situatioon." remarked Mr. Webster, "there is just enough of that element of uncertainty in the question to invdlve a hazard business men and capitalists are not disposed to assume at this time. As a consequence husiness interests are literally becalmed. In conversation with one of the most prominent brokers of Boston, with whom I am intimately acquainted, he in formed me he was doing absolutely nothing in the way of placing funds, and that he should not venture a cent until the out come of the political battle should be de termined. He said this was the universal feeling among the business and financial people. This broker said he had but recent ly sent letters to trusted correspon dents in all parts of the country, especially in doubtful states, with a view to ascer taining as near as possible the exact situa tion. This plan was adopted four years ago and the forecasts received by him were singularly accurate." Bl* Deal* If McKinley I. Elected. Continuing. Mr. Webster referred to one incident in the telephone line of business, which, he said, was but a sample of the general trend of events in the business world. He was a personal witness to the execution of an order for electrical material to the amount of SJ.tMI.OO0. subject to elec tion results If McKinley won the order th?nil a.1 once; ,f Bryanlsm won the ordei was to be canceled. "The telephone business has been makine St!!8 *!r,ide6 >? ^e northwest," ol? ,.T 11- ,r' ^ ebster, ' and investments are wav of n,nifely., but ever-vthing In the way or new lines, improvements and new enterprises are in the air at presem Western capitalists stand ready to put money into the business, but thev are hold ng off until the politicalout??me Isde mivff1 'f McKin,ey is re-elected the f t iUr y<'(lrs wi" w'tncss an enlargement that wm "he tnCrHaSf ?f busir"'ss interests that will be startling. The men having in stand w, n Varkuls new enterprises stand ready, with cash in hand. If elec dav f^iTJl ,rlKhV eYer>'th{ng will jump the da> following election. My position cannot be ascribed to political motives, as I have been a democrat all my life?I am of a democratic family of the dyed-in-th?-wool t"on I feel?'?? n? in this direc of ' r WtVer> ihat when a m*n or L?i ?.? r tht* >ake of political power aericultnra?re h 1? sacrifice business, agricultural and otheiMinterests, that It L?a hooves sensible men ijkut loose from polit ical associations forMhe time being, and rebuke with emphasis such a wreck-and policy. I find the business men of the tion? ' Prac 'al,y 3 j?ult on Lhis Proposi Mr Webster referred to a deal of tre ,7raifnH8 m;'?,nitUflt' a^iting the outcome of^election in lexas. A syndicate of cap'tal tmVm ,r u'1,lg I,rominf'^t men in New Vork Philadelphia, Detroit, Chicago and Kansas vIVmm. e the detail" for the purchase of o0.acres of land in Texas and the stock ing of the tract with immense herds of cattle, involving the expenditure of several millions of dollars, all worked out, ready for action. ' Populint ClafniH Ridiculed. Asked for an expression as to the po.itical situation in the west. Mr. Webster ridiculed the claims of the "populists," as he refers them, as to Minnesota, Wisconsin and Illinois. "These states will give over whelming majorities for McKinley," said he "and I firmly be/ieve Nebraska will l.e found in the same class. Kansas is Kood '"'r'TVr 1 W?U,d ,lot surprised if h ive "iNo m , 1 rafJority. Republicans , ' :a n0 ma,k' Sreatfcains in Missouri and lTrx - n \, ( olo ratio, although I believe ' w111 carry both by small majorities. lOJIl'LAI VT OF W. E. ELLIS, The Greatest Inditfnlty Seem. t? Have Been a Search of III* Person. The attention of ,\Jie State Department has not yet been officially called to the re ported complaint of W. E. Ellis, a constitu ent of Senator McEaurln, of ill treatment at Constantinople. But as the burden of the complaint, as deported In the news papers, us understood to be a search of his person made by the Turkish authorities it' is not likely that Mr. Ellis' case will have auesfi/n n*''" ? U ,s d^lar"d lie u" k, ", ' ' nfeht of any government to st.uch persons entering their ports upon sus^cion, s.n.i this right is freely exercised \-r.ri ? ' y'?n Francisc? an<l other n?o-- rV ? *7 ' ,n "ur ease ,ne search is usuahj made to guard against smUKglinsr I while detentions ur? based upon the appli cation ot the contract labor and immigra tion laws. In Turkey these detentions and r s arH "S"'iijy for the purpose of I identifying would-b# revolutionists and pre senting the introduction of seditious litera- ! ture. Hence it is Inferred that .Mr Ellis fh? ?',>mei r,eaSOn.' h;,<? man?sed to fall" under ' the suspicion of Turk sh officials, who have 1 but!'ifSVh S , a'ljaren,1 Kur?P^an countries, l>ut if the search in his case was decently plaVnt W,U haVe ground for coin \?T FORCED TO I'OXTRIBI TE. < ircularn I??ucd to Ewploye* of th?a Stute Department. ? By direction of Secretary Hay the em ployes of the Denptment of State have been notified through Chief Clerk Michael that they are undefjo obligation whatever by reason of their being in the public ser vice. to make any contributions or sub scriptions for political or other purposes or to render political service, and that they will not be molested or In any way dis criminated iiKainst for failures so to suh scribe, contribute or to serve. The circular conveying this notice re cites the provision-of the civil service acts bearing on the subject of political contri butions, as well as a letter of warning on the same subject from President Procter of the civil service commission. FOR DESTROY l!VCi CERVERA'S SHIPS. !*o Distribution of Iluuuty Hun Taken Place. In view of numerous Inquiries on the subject, the Navy Department has author ized the statement that up to date there has been no distribution of bounty money to the officers and crews of the American fleet which destroyed the Spanish fleet off Santiago. The matter has been pending in the court of claims, and while bounty nioney has been allowed, it has not yet besn determined as to what the amount of the individual allowances shall be or whether the allowances shall be determined by the Court of Claims or the Navy Department. Moreover, even after these questions have been determined it will be necessarv to ??u?an appropriation by Congress to en able the payments to be made, so that it will be several months at least before these can begin. A TRUST IN LABOR Charge of Secretary Gompers of Master Steam Fitters. STATEMENT TO COMMISSION Claims That. New York Unions Limit Their Memberships. MONOPOLIZE THE WORK Mr. Henry B. Gompers of New York, sec retary of the Master Steam Fitters' Associa- j tlon, a national organization of employers of labor, made a very important statement before the industrial commission today and one that is likely to call forth considerable controversy on the part of labor unions of this city. He declared that labor unions of New York In his trade limit their member ship to about SW, whereas there are in all 1,200 steam fitters who would Join the asso ciation in that city if they were permitted to do so. This action, he said, made the steam fitters' union a veritable labor trust. He said this limitation was in order that those who were in the union could reserve for themselves all the work of their trade. The result was that many competent steam titters join the "helpers' union," and espe cially in the winter it is very difficult to get sufficient men to do the work of the city. Klrnt Cluirue of Labor Truo(. This is the tirst case in which it has been directly charged before the industrial com mission that a labor orKanization has pre vented workmen from entering it in order that those who were fortunate enough to be in it might reserve all the work to be oone by union employers for themseKes. The general charges that labor organiza tions form what are in fact trusts have been answered by labor leaders with the statement that any one competent to do the work of a master workman was at liberty to join a union, this open-door policy eliminating all trust features. It has been shown that in some cases labor unions have charged a higher initia tion fee to foreigners fhan to citizens of the United States, but the direct charge has not before been made that men forming a union have closed their doors to other workmen and so have kept for themselves all the work to be done. I'aj for Steam Fitter* Inerensed. Mr. Gompers showed th.'it wages for steam fitters had been increased in New York city during the last ten years, while hours of labor had been decreased from ten to eight. In IK}(0 wages in New York were for master plumbers and $2 for help ers for ten hours' work. Later the hours of labor were decreased to It, and in l.S'.tT to eight hours, while in Ikjis the wages were advanced to $3.75 a day for master steam litters and $2.15 for helpers. The wages are now $4 a day. lie knew that wages were higher in New York than in Philadelphia, yet in the latter city the men owned their homes and seem ed to be more prosperous than in New York. His own association of employers of steam fitters, he said, had an agreement with manufacturers by which the latter sell only to master steam titters, who con duct an independent business, but he did not think there was any trust feature in this | agreement. It merely allowed trade through ' legitimate channels. His association is or ] ganized in nineteen or twenty cities of the ! United States, among them being this city. The witness spoke of labor agitators, and he was asked by Commissioner John L. 1 Kennedy if he regarded Mr. Gompers. pres ident of the Federation of Labor, as an agi tator. He hesitated to criticise his "almost namesake," but said he had gone about the country agitating labor questions. He said I there was a clear difference that should be drawn between the labor agitator and the reformer. KOOSKYELT LEAVES CHICAGO. He Will flnke u Tour of Illinoin and MlMMOurl. CHICAGO, October 8.?Gov. Roosevelt's special train left Chicago at 7:15 a.m. for East St. Louis and St. Louis, stopping at various Illinois towns and cities en route. Among those accompanying the governor were Harry S. New and Greene Stewart, republican national committeeman, and President Hamilton of the Republican Na tional League. The first stop was made an hour later at Joliet. After that point the itinerary pro vides for stops and speeches by Gov. Roosevelt at Streator, Eureka. Peoria, Lin coln, Springfield, Jacksonville, Litchfield, Alton and East St. Louis. Upon conclusion of his talk at the latter place tonight the vice presidential candidate will be turned over to the chairman of the republican state committee of Missouri. Gov. Roosevelt will spend tomorrow in St. Louis. JOLIET, III., October 8.?A large crowd, including local republican organizations, greeted the arrival of the Roosevelt special train here. Cheers were given for Gov. Roosevelt, Senator Cullom and Gov. Tanner as they appeared on the platform. Gov. Roosevelt's speech was brief. He was fol lowed by Senator Cullom. In the course of his remarks at the court house square Gov. Roosevelt said: "(live Congress the power to deal with trusts. 1 mean the large corporations. Such evils can be wiped out by cool, resolute common sense. June 4 last Congress tried to pass a constitutional amendment. The bill was beaten by the democrats, who said it would take the only issue from this cam paign." DETAILS STILL LACKIXG. Confirmation of Reported Capture of AmerlcanH liy Ki I i |?iuon. (Copyright. 1900, tli?* Associated Press.) MANILA, October 5, via Hong Kong.? The report of the capture of about sixty men of the 2!lth United States Infantry on Marinduque Island is confirmed through communications derived by General Mac Arthur and Rear Admiral Kempff, from Marinduque Island. But details are lack ing. The Yorktown's relief column landed at Torrljos on the Marinduque coast and marched to Santa Cruz, which was the pro posed route of the captured party without encountering the enemy or learning any thing definite regarding the captives ex cept that they had entirely disappeared. Marinduque is a small island within forty miles of Luzon. It Is possible that the rebels have conveyed the captives to i^uzon. YOUTSEY TRIAL 1IEGIXS. Jury Finally Secured In HIn Case at Georgetown. GEORGETOWN, Ky., October 8.?A jury was completed today to try Henry E. Yout sey on the charge of being a principal in the shooting of Gov. Goebel. The talesmen were sworn, and Commonwealth's Attorney Bradley proceeded with the opening state ment. TROOPS TO WITHDRAW. Gen. Gobln Kotlflei the Sheriff of Schuylkill County. SHENANDOAH, Pa., October 8.?General Gobin. in command of the troops here, said today that he had informed Sheriff Toole of Schuylkill county of his intention to withdraw the remainder of'his troops by to morrow if favorable weather prevails. Battery C of Phoenixville departed for home at lo o'clock this morning. Reports received at strikers' headquarters here this morning from the Panther Creek valley indicate that the mine workers there are not satisfied with the concessions made by the Lehigh Coal and Navigation Com pany. All the collieries, however, are re ported to be working. Edward J. Coyle, who died on Friilay from the effects of a bullet wound received during the riot of September 21. was buried today. The funeral was attended by all the local mine workers' unions and tile three fire companies. Mr. Coyle was not a par ticipant in the riot. He was struck by a stray bullet. PRESIDENT STARTS BACK. Left Canton Thin Morning a Little He fore \iion. CANTON, Ohio, Octobers.?President and Mrs. McKinley left for Washington shortly after 11:30 o'clock this morning. United States Senator Spooner of Wisconsin, who will make a j>olitioal address in this city tonight, arrived at Hi o'clock. President McKinley left him at the railway station. RETl RX OK THE PRESIDENT. He an<1 Mm. McKinley Expected To morrow MoruiiiK;. Preparations were being made at the White House today for the return of Pres ident. and Mrs. McKinley from Canton. They will reach here at 7o'clock tomor row morning. The work of fitting the man sion for the winter season has just begun and will continue for some time after Mrs. McKinley comes. A cabinet meeting will undoubtedly be held at the regular hour tomorrow morning. At least half of the cabinet members are here and will go over all important ques tions with the President. ? Fojc Clearing; at Sew York. NEVS N ORK, October 8.?The fog which has enveloped this port for the past three days, preventing the big passenger liners sailing on Saturday, from leaving port till yesterday and generally impeding shipping, still hung over the harbor this morning. It must have extended some distance be yond the coast, as no vessels entered the port In the early morning. About 8 o'clock, however. It began to clear, permitting a large fleet of steamers and sailing vessels to enter and leave port. Oarauan Kichard?on Drowueil. PHILADELPHIA, October 8.?Z. T. Rich ardson, a member of the Malta Boat Club, was drowned yesterday in the Schuylkill river by the capsizing of his racing shell, while he was rowing over the national course. Aeeident on German Railroad. HEIDELBERG.. October 8.?Five persons were killed and seventy-five injured in a raii?ay collision at Karlsthor last evening. Tht* accident was due to an error in signal ing. One official has been arrested. Hniet in San Chan.. IIOXG KONG, October 8.?The town of Spn-chun is quiet this morning, and the stores have been reopened. The rebels who attacked Sai-wan, near San-chun, Saturday, are believed to belong to the force of Triads which is proceeding westward, levy ing blackmail and recruiting. The missions in the Hinterland are safe. Drouth In India Tea District. CALCUTTA, October 8.?An unprecedent ed drought is prevailing in the districts of Cachar and Sylhet, province of Assam, causing-the greatest anxiety in regard to the tea and other crops. Steamship Arrival*. At New York?New York, from South ampton; Trave, from Bremen; Maasdam, from Rotterdam. Mr. SteveiiMon Has a Cold. WOOSTER, Ohio, October 8.?Adlai E. Stevenson, democratic candidate for vice president, was unable to leave here this morning to meet his engagement at Orr ville. Ohio, owing to a severe cold. He will endeavor to resume his campaign tour to day, ^however. Joliet Steel Mill* Rename JOLIET, 111., October 8.?Work was re sumed by M*i men today in the converter and billet mill of the Illinois Steel Com pany in this city, which have been shut down recently. Work was also resumed at the plant of the Pressed Steel Car Com pany, by iVK) men. PerNonal Mention. Dr. A. B. Richardson, superintendent of St. Elizabeth's Asylum, has gone on a vacation, to be absent a couple of weeks. He will visit Ohio during that time. Mr. Edward Harlan Webster, late a teacher in the public schools of this city, entered upon a course of studies at a col lege in New York city the 1st instant. Civil Service Examinationx. The civil service commission will, on the 23d and 24th instants, hold an examination, which will be open to all citizens of the United States, for the position of assistant ! in the Nautical Almanac office, at $1,200 a year, and for similar vacancies as they occur. i'roiiiotious in the Artillery. The following promotions have resulted in the artillery arm of the service by reason of the death of Lieut. Col. Lancaster: Maj. James M. lngalls, T>th Artillery, to be lieu tenant colonel of the 3d Artillery; Capt. A. M. Vodges, ">th Artillery, to be major of the oth Artillery; Second Lieut. George A. Nugent of the 4th Artillery, to be first lieutenant of the 7th Artillery. Col. I.ancnuter'n Funeral. The remains of Lieut. Col. James M. Lan caster, 4th Artillery, who died at Fort Mon roe, Va., Friday evening, were interred at Arlington cemetery at noon today with full military honors. Rev. Father Bart of St. Matthew's Church officiated. Funeral services were held in the Catholic church at Old Point Comfort yesterday afternoon, all of the officers and troops at Fort Monroe turning out to honor the mem ory of the officer. Caaualtie* In the Philippines. Gen. MacArthur has notified the War Department that Paul Jenkins, Company A, 33d Volunteer Infantry, was killed near San Quintln. Luzon, October 4; that Robert L. Harris, Company B, of the same regi ment, was wounded, and that Eugene Todd, Company A. of the same regiment was wounded and catpured at the same place on the same day. MovementM of \iitul Ve??el*. The gunboat Nashville, en route from Shanghai for .Hankow, arrived at Shaikwan yesterday. Admiral Schley's flagship, the Chicago, arrived at Rio Janeiro yesterday. The gunboats Alvarado and Sandoval, re cently commissioned, left New London Sat urday for Tompkinpville. The surveying ship Ranger has left San Francisco for Santa Barbara. The Mayflower has sailed from San Juan for Aguadilla. The collier Caesar arrived at Cavite yesterday. The Amphltrite and the Osceola have arrived at Boston. The Michigan is at Detroit. A BCSIXESS AXIOM. From Printer'* Ink. Money spent in continu ous advertising in the dailyj press draws interest that is! compounded daily. DIED IN GREAT AGONY Peculiar Circumstances of Death of Chicago Woman. HER LIFE INSURED RECENTLY Authorities Think She Was Victirn of Plot to Defraud. T HRE E M E X A li li E S T E D rll< AGO, October 8.-With insurance upon her life amounting to )!!!.<mto Marie ^?fenbuch. ago,i twenty-three, died August in h U.arding house on Labile avenue under conditions which the police believe indicate a plot to swindle an Insurance com pun.v and two insurance societies, it they do^not print to murder. Ipon bench warrants, issued by Judge . bbons, three persons sai l to be implicated 11 the case Dr. August M. Unger. Frank . Snulej and F. Way land Hrown?have 4 n arrt su''1- The latter Is assistant man of a detective agency. He Was ar_ nT,:;'J tuday ,)n hl" return trom Virginia. When Miss Defenbach died there were ?iV?r ?n Her Hfe' Jll'. a" of recent date, as follows: Y?rk L'fe ins"rance Company. '^/'nadiaii < Trier of Foresters mm Knights and I.adies" of Honor. fj ooo iritSd wi.'i'f has been investl searching care r.y a private de tectives afrby 'ht' atjMrn**ys and de 'X "f ,1he lnsurance companies, and la.terlj b> the states attorney himself. Decision to Arrmt SimpeetM. Sunday, at a meeting: between States At torney Deneen and Assistant Attorney W M. McEwen on one side, and the attorneys representing the insurance companies and oetecuve agency, the case was discussed ani it was decided to cause the immediate ?e7eStth?f. l^,susptcta- The detectives be ha Mi s it f nK,"r,:"'y Was concocted and ina. MUs Defenbach was originally one of h *i <,l'ariel ?f alleged conspirators. She had expected that her death was to be the na^e j" aJ1?ther was to play hat real Ti ,K r corPse? instead of mat. rt*ai death came to her. Last April Miss Defenbach applied to the (i?Dolh? I^,!ran<'e Company for a $!<?, v ? ?'3S refused by the com otn Sk an aPPHcaUon for an f "! Policy, on the ground that she was not possessed of sufficient property inter ests ,o warrant, so large a risk. aUh?"uKh nerf,otaS^'X?Tin"d arul declared to b. in su^H aa. ,n Ju,y Mfss Defenbarh . uf eeded in obtaining from the New York ZZ?r?y-,\r"'-> r"r *?'?<"*?. and this form ed part of the estate she left. About the middle of August Miss Defen Set;U^ insurance in the I'aim a^1" ?1fJores,er9 to the amount of *' ' . About the Fame time Fhe took out a for *2,?U0 KnlBhts and ^dies of Honor Provision* of Her Will. Two weeks later she was dead, leaving a will which directed that a part of tho policies should be paid to Frank H. Smiley, her "affianced husband." and that her body be cremated. Her death, at a boarding house in Lasalle avenue, was attended by the most horrible agony. Drs. Leonard and Schroeder. the latter representing the Knights and Ladies of Honor, were called They refused to issue a certificate of death but the coroner's Jury later, and after the body had been embalmed, found a verdict of death from dysentery. The next dav the body was cremated and the ashes were scattered to the winds. Without much delay proceedings were begun to recover the value of the insurance policies Miss Defenbach had left. Owing to the unusual circumstances surrounding her demise, the hurried embalming of the body, followed the next day by cremation, payments of the policies were refused and' immediate steps were taken to trace the woman's career during the last few months of her life. An I nuMiial Incident. ??n unusual incident was connected with the making of Miss Defenbach's will. On August 21 Miss Defenbach called at the office of a lawyer in the l"nity building named Johnson and told him she wanted to make her will. Some days earlier Dr. 1 "ti ger had. it Is stated, told this lawyer a woman would call on him for this pur;*Ke and she announced she had come in Ac cordance with the appointment. She told Air. Johnson she wanted tu leave her prop erty to Frank H. Smiley, her affianced hus band. and then she went away. Two days afterward she returned and Mr. Johnson had the will ready. It provided, as she had instructed, that after her debts were paid her property was to go to Smiley, but she then wanted another provision inserted. It was that after her death her body be cre mated. This somewhat surprised Mr. Johns .n, as he could not understand how a young and handsome woman would wish ' her body burned after death, hut he complied with the request. He was so struck with the circumstance, however, as the cremation clause had not been in the original instruc tions, that lie called in wiiusses from ad joining offices as a matter of protection. Miss Defenbach then signed and executed the document. Tvso days later she was dead. (iKuiu^; it. hi,a\? ii viti) 1)i:ai>. Former Commissioner of tlie Joint Truffle A*?oeliitlou. NEW YORK. October 8.?George R. Blanchard, former commissioner of the Joint Traffic Association, died at his home here toda.. after an illness of several weeks, from a complication of diseases. Including nervous prostration and erysipelas. Mr. Blanchard overtaxed himself during the summer. He was engaged for many days in an argument against the bill intro duced into Congress providing for a reduc tion of the compensation to railways for transportation of mails. The funeral ar rangements have not yet been made. Mr. Blanchard was fifty-nine years old. He was a railway man all his life. He be gan as a clerk in 18.18 in the employ of the Cincinnati and Chicago road. He was sub sequently connected with the Ohio and Mississippi, the Central Ohio. Baltimore and Ohio and Erie roads, becoming vice presi dent of the Erie in 18M. He t>ecame a commissioner of the Central Traffic Associ ation and then chairman in 1K*1, and was given charge of the Joint Traffic Associa tion until it was dissolved. He was re garded as one of the highest authorities on railway rates in the country. CAI'TIRE OF SHAX-HAI-KL'AX. Cliinetie Forts There Divided t'p Anionic the Allies. ST. PETERSBURG, October 8.?Admiral Alexieff. in reporting the occupation of Shan-hai-Kuan. on the Gulf of Laio Tung, sayst . "In accordance with an agreement of the admirals the forts have been divided among the different nations. The town has not been occupied, but the gates are guarded by artillery. The forts are nearly Intact, and the whole route from Pong-ken to Shan-hai-Kuan is now occupied by the. Rus sians. After the occupation of Shan-hai Kuan the Americans refused to further participate in the operations. Part of th? Russian force Is advancing northward."