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mflM tefflfflft? I WHOLE NUMBER, 16,257.
TUB L13PA'
RICHMOND, VA., WEDNESDAY, JUNE 3, 1903.
PRICE TWO CENTS.
SUMMARY OF PAY'S NEWS
THE WEATHER.
For Virginia?Wednesday partly cloudy;
Warmer In southwest portion; Thursday
luir; fresh enst winds.
North Carolina?Wednesday fair; warm?
er In west portion; Thursday fair,
Tho weather was cxccecIliiRly cool for
Juno yesterday? nnd few straw hata came
out from their retreat. The outlook Is
lot" warmer weather In portions of the
Bt.-itn to-dny, accompanied hy partly over
Bhadod tiklcs.
STATE OK THE THERMOMETER.
? ?. M. 02
13 M. -?S
?; G". ?.3
b ?. ?. 6?
11 P. ? . 6-1
12 mliliiffiht. ?
Average.?Bfi 1-2
Highest temperature yesterday. 72
Lowest temperature yesterday. R0
Menu temperature yesterday. ?>J
Normal temperature for June. '"?.>
Departure from normal temperature.. 51
Precipitation during past 21 hours. 0
?? I ?NI ATURE ALMANAC.
June 3, 1903.
Bun risen.4:51 I HIGH TIDE
Kun sets.7:21 '. Morning.11:11
M'jon sete...12:56 | Evening.H.4H
RICHMOND.
Street-car m?>n mcot to-day to settle
disputo with Passenger nnd 1'owcr Com?
pany-Interest Intenso In charges of cor?
ruption in the City Council-Common
Council to meet to-night-Revision Com?
mittee of the Legislature begins work to?
day-Diplomas awarded to graduates of
?Woman'? College-Richmond pollco force
lo ho Inn noe ted-Reception this evening
lo apostolic delegates at Dr. George Ren
Johnston's; rorner-aloiio of new Ca?
thedral laid to-morrow-Indications for
warm weather again eoon-A Gooch
l.ind IikIv severely Injured by a strcot
car-Mr. Tlernev thrown from a car
?nrl hurt-Arthur Craddock ground to
pieces under the wheels o? a train yes?
terday morning-Reunion of Mosby'n
men being arranged for-Mr. Bloomberg
iella of his Northern trip-Sutheasiern
Tariff Association committee announced
-?-f?overnor refuses to commuto the sen?
tence of E. A. Hupson-Graduates of
the Female seminary?''Uncle Billy" Wil?
ton serving his thirty-eighth year as sec?
retary of a Masonic lodge-Ambulance
Physician Is fought hy a woman-Pro?
ceedings brought against the Chesapeake
and Ohio road for alleged discrimination
In rates-University Alumni meet, to?
day-?Politics growing active in Henrlco
county-Inspection of the police force
to-day. MANCHESTER-Little girl
hurt In a peculiar manner-Eire Com
? missioners meet to-morrow night-Alms?
house Committee meets?An early morn?
ing row-Mr. Georgo Rubami a candi?
date-Ematico Committee culled for Fri?
day evening-Report ot tho chief of
police.
VIRGINIA.
A fireman on a tug at Norfolk kills
another with ?a slnglebloiv-Moro steam?
ers are running at Norfolk and the traf?
fic situation Is somewhat Improved
Plan to start a boat Une from Eredericks
burg to Norfolk-Commencement at
Cluster ?Springs Academy-Petersburg
Council cinpowerB committee to condemn
land for diversion of the Appomattox
The Stuart meetings In Petersburg clos?
with 200 conversions-Gloucester county
decides on a primary to nominate candi?
dates-Rond Issue for good roads voted
down in Orange-A carpenter falls from
the top of a building la Lynchburg and
Is killed-J. W. Moirell commits suicide
lu Carroll county?-Commencement ex?
ercises at the Southern Seminary at Bue?
na. Vista-Gordon dimming not to re?
turn to the lyeglH.attire-The Supremo
Court opens Its session at Wythevllle and
hears Important cases-Proposition to
Wllllamshurg to start a magazine thero
on a large scale-Tho Loudoun Horso
(Show opens to-day with large entries.
NORTH CAROLINA.
A personal encouncr In the Haywood
case: tho discussion in that case post?
poned another day-Farmers Bank of
Astio county chartered-A now Ufo in?
surance company organized at Greens?
boro-Attempted ?assault on a farmer's
daughter near Winston-Salem-A youth
at Salisbury nearly bleeds to death from
Stepping on glasif-Wlnston-Salem asks
Southern Railway to build new line In?
stead of double (rack.
GENERAL.
Flood situation hv-Uie West Is improv?
ing, but there is still great suffering and
ho loss of life can never bo accurately
computed; hundred killed, one and a half
n s many moro Injured; eliiht hundred
homeless, and half a million dollars' prop?
erty loss, is result of cyclone in Gaines?
ville, Ga.-Fortuno left by ThOS, I!. Reed,
former Speaker of tho House of .Repre?
sentatives, was more thnn half a million
dollars-Another tremendous strike
threatens the anthracite coal regions, as
?? result of tho disagreement In regard to
riiomhera of tho Board of Conciliation?
Chairman Agnow, of the Suite Republi?
can Committee: postpones meeting to bo
liejd hero until Juno IGtb-Pr?sident
Roosevelt pnKses through iho flooded dis?
tricts and preaches a sermon on the rain
falling ?in the just and tho unjust
1'nlon miners block operations of mines
in Tennessee-Stock market In Mon?
treal is panicky, as result of tho fallino
of a. big firm-Pope very much fatigued.
hut his physician says that ho Is not 111
-Hellablu won the Ciirlton stakes at
??lavesend, ably ridden by Jockey Ruins
who landed his mount over the wire two
lengths ? head of his field-Old story
about John Willies Booth crops up again
-Former Postmnster-General Perry fi
Heath makes reply to the Tul loch charges
and denounces them as ? Ho out of tha
whole cloth-Stocks tallied one or two
points and tho first effective rallv against
Iho bears was accomplished on yester?
day-Weekly bin,?. > of Weather Hu
xeau shows an Improvement In crops.
S. GORDON CUM/MING
WILL NOT COME BACK
(Special Io Tho Tlmes-Dlsnatch.)
NEWPORT NEWS, ?'?., ,Iun0 2.-Hon.
fi. Uordon dimming has announced that
lio will not ho a candidate ior re-olectlon
lo tho Houso of Delegates from tho Ellz?
abotli City County District. Mr. Cum?
mins is understood to bo a Martin man,
and his withdrawal from Hie. rare proba?
bly ?will precipitale a Uvei y fight be.
tween the friends of thn various senato?
rial aspirants.
UNION MINERS
BLOCKED OPERATIONS
(fly Associated |'re?s.)
KNOXVILLE. TENN., June 2.-Unlon
miners blockaded the Tennessee Coal Com?
pany's mino near Coal Creek again to
day. Tho company was ?unable to resume
op?rations. Its officials claim the union
men have violated the Injunction of the
Chancery Court, which was served a few
?lays ago. Chancellor Kyle will be asked
to Issue bench warrants and Iniprljjpn the
POPE IS FATIGUED. BUT
1 DOCTOR SAYS NOT ILL
(By Associated Press.)
ROME, June 2.-Thu Popn is fatigued
on account of the heat, Though he Is
not ill, his ductor has suspended all not
Kirlcllv necessari* audlenee?.
tir ? urninai tt;
Bithojj o? Franc.
KANSANS
SEE SUN
ONCE MORE
Water High, But Condi?
tions Are Improved.
WATER WORKS WILL
RESUME TO-DAY
Gas Will Be Turned on Mains
and Light Shine Again.
MANY PEOPLE ARE
STILL ISOLATED
Large Bodies Are Herded in Uhurches
and Buildings Not Built for the
Purpose?Parents Hunting
tor Children and
Children for
Parents.
(By Annodateli Press.)
KANSAS CITY. MO., Juno 2.?Blue sky
was visible abovo Kansas City this after?
noon. The rains have disappeared and the
sun was visible for the first time this
week.
Tho waters of tho Kaw River have
fallen eight inches to-day, and to-night
arc steadily declining at the rate of
about one-half Inch an hour. In the
Missouri, the high stage of thlrty-flve
feet Is still maintained, but this Is due
to the rise which which has been coming
down the Missouri proper, and which haa
offset tho fall In the Kaw. Tt Is the
water o? the latter stream, however, that
has caused all the damage in this city,
and In Kansas City, Kan., and with It at
a normal stage, business In Kansas City
will soon resume usual conditions. This
city, by a narrow margin has escaped a
serious shortage In food, has faced the
peril of fire, utterly helpless to avert Its
Injuries; has suffered millions of dollars
of damage to property and sustained a
loss in life that in all probability, never
will be accurately measured, and now It
Is commencing the promise ot better
things.
The situation to-night shows Improve
raenton almost every side; toh waters are
falling, tho water works will resume
operation to-morrow, the gas has been
turned on to tho mains once more, and
there Is no Immediate danger of a serious
shortage of food. The city has eared for
its own and Is abundantly able to do so
still, but there Is not sufficient food on
hand to permit the Relief Committee and
the munlclal officers to feel easy over
tho outlook. Tho transportation facilities
at the present time aro so limited that
not much freight can bo brought in at a
time, and there Is danger that the de?
mand may outrun the supply.
TAVO LIA'ES LOST.
Two men lost their lives to-day In tho
attempt to save others. J. S. Keenan
was drowned while endeavoring to rescue
Forno people from tho Adams House, tn
L'nlon Avenue, and Edward Brooks lost
Ills life In Liberty Street, where his
skiff was overturned by an eddy while
lie was c-nelonvorlng to got another man
out of a building. A number of bodies
were seen floating down the stream, be?
lieved to be thoso of people drowned
further up the Kaw, probably at North
Topeka.
Fully fifty people were brought to the
Twelflh Street viaduct during the day
by boatmen. None of them hael been In
great danger. Many people are still In
tlie warehouses and oflice buildings, and
will remain there until tho flood sub?
sides. They are entirely safo and fairly
comfortable.
There Is very little probability of much
Rrealer financial damage than has al?
ready been done. Thnro have been some
reports of settling of various large build?
ing.?: in the wholesale district, but they
appear to have settled In a remarkably
even manner, and expert examination will
bo required to prove tint they are In a
dangerous condition,
NIGHT OP SUFFERING.
Tlie close of another day brought only
another night of wretchedness to the
thousands of refugees at Kansas City.
Without writer, save for urgent needs;
without beds, the upper part of the town
being unable to house In nny comfort tho
hordes ?,f refugees, to-night bids fair to
be ? repetition of others since tho com?
ing ofthe flood.
The wretchedness, however, 1b more
mental than physical, nlthough the dis?
comforts due to herding large bodies of
people In buildings not built for the
purpose and trying to feed nn'nrmy with?
out a commissary department, is great.
I.eavenworth. to the north, the only way
by which tho suburban can enter with
supplies, ls the place to which all turn
with hope. Rations suftlclent to list sev?
eral daye, If carefully economized,
wero brought In during the day, and ad
ditional bedding, clothing, medicine and
other supplies aro expected within tho
next twenty-four hours.
Much mental discomfort exists because
of the separation of members of families
who had little time to escape from the
flood. Since Sunday fathers, mothers,
wives, husbands, brothers and sisters
nava vlslteel every part nf the town, par?
ticularly the places of public refuge,
looking for missing members of their fam?
ilies. Something like order was brought
out of the confusion to-day in the djslrl
bution of such food as waei at hand. Witti
the supply running short, it became ap?
parent that the distribution must be made
systematically, and a material station for
that purpose was opened.
FOOT) SUPPLIES.
From thero the food Is sent In proper
proportions to the various schools, church
os and other camps of refugees. A tem?
porary hospital, with medical attendance,
has been established. Farmers sold gar?
den truck In the streets during the day,
und 809 sides of beef were received from
Swift's packing houso. This Is the en?
tire number? of beeves saved at that point.
Merchants of Kansas City, ??,?:, have
bought up largo quantities of supplies,
which will be shipped into tho suburbs
(.Continued ou Seventh Paae.)
DEAD LIST
A HUNDRED
This May Be Increased by
Those Injured.
d?? ARE HOMELESS
Property Loss Caused is Half Million
Dollars, and it is not Covered by
Insurance ? Storm Left a
Pathway of Ruins.
(By Associated Press.)
GAINESVILLE, GA.. June ?.?The six
thousand Inhabitants of this city havo
Just begun to realize tlie extent of the
appalling disaster of yesterday. It now
seems that th? death list will not be
much short of one hundred, perhaps
somewhat over a hundred, considering
the number of dangerously wounded,
whose chancee for recovery cannot now
be calculated. Bu* through all tho
gloom and desolation that surrounds the
town thero radiates a beam of hope and
encouragement?hope, that tho death list
muy not be so numerous as reported;
encouragement to those who are so
bravely and ?levotedly assisting In the
work of relief.
Tho story of the storm's work of deso?
lation ha-i already been told. All that,
remains Is the conpllatlon of an accurate
Hat of the dead and the chronicling of
the burial of the victims. Figuring from
all available sources and g|vlng credence
to thoso reports which are believed to
be> trustworthy, tho following Is a sum?
mary of the effects of the tornado In
Gainesville and Its environs:
One hundred killed. One hundred and
fifty Injured, of whom probably twenty
will die.
Eight hundred homeless, their resi?
dences having been wiped out of exist?
ence.
Property loes of about half a million
dollars, none of which was covered by
storm insurance.
A concise and accurate statement o?
the ?-asualtles cannot bo rendered for
several days, but the physicians In ?at?
tendance believe that It will not go very
far above one hundred, although twenty
five or thirty are desperately Injured and
may die within the next two or three
days.
The death list so far complied Includes
thirty-two at the Pacolet Cotton Mills,
at New Holland, all of whom were killed
in the demolition of the company's cot?
tages, and thirty-six at the Galnesvillo
Cotton Mills, near the Southern Railway
station, where tho tornado first struck.
REVISED LIST.
The revised list up to a late hour to
nltrht Is as follows:
Killed at the Pacolet MMs. at New Hol?
land:
MRS. ALICE BOBO, aged forty.
MRS B. F. O'KELT. aged thirty-six.
MRS. AVILLIAM WESTMORELAND,
aged forty-one.
MRS. MARIAN TvTLLBANKS, aged
forty.
MRS. H. H. NELSON, aged forty-five.
BENNIE HENDRICKS. aged twelve.
MRS. 3. C. BRYAN, aged forty-seven.
AA'TLLIE BRYAN, aged six.
LESTER PHILLIPS, aged six.
MRS. T. A. COKER, aged sixty.
AVILLIAM TATUM. aged twenty-flve.
NORMAN WHITE, aged ten.
MRS. J. R. "vVHITE, aged thirty-five.
OLA WHITE, nged ten.
MRS. AVILLIAM LEDFORD, aged
eighteen.
WILLIE LEDFORD, aged eighteen
months.
A LB AR Y LOYD. aged six.
MRS. THOMAS TRUELOA'E, aged
eighteen.
MRS. M. A. PASS, aged fifty.
SPURGEON PASS, aged fifty.
SPURGEON PASS, Jr., aged twelve,
JOHN MAYNE. ex-clerk of the Superior
Court of Hall county, nged sixty-two.
MRS. H, L. NICKS, aged forty-two.
MRS. JULIA NEELY. nged fifty-five.
BABY YORK, aged sixteen months.
(Continued on Seventh Page.)
THE STREET CAR
MEN WILL MEET
Line of Action to Be Decided
Upon After Mid?
night.
The meeting of Division J51! of the
Amalgamated Association of Street Rail?
way Employes, to be held at the conclu?
sion of work to-night and at S?nger Hall,
will bo a very Important one, and will
dlscloso the next step to be taken In tho
negotiations between the employes and
the management of tho streot railway.
A crisis has now been reached in tho
negotiations, but the result will not
necessarily bo a strike. Some aetlon will
probably he taken by the division upon
tho answer nf General Manager Huff, of
lho A'irglnla Fusseliger nnd Power Com?
pany, to the proposai from tho employes
that tho matter of a genernl contract
suggested by the men be submitted to ar
blrutlon. So far there has beon no throat
of a strike, but It is Inferred that such
a result will be Inevllnhle unless some
agreement can bo reached In the next few
days.
At to-night's meeting the annual elec?
tion of officers of the division will be
had, nnd at the conclusion of this, other
business, which Includes the negotiations
between the employes and the company,
will como up for consideration. Just
whit the next step to be taken by tlje
men, will be Is not Intimated, and Is
largely a mutter of conjecture. The men
are maintaining a discreet. Bilenco as to
their Intentions, If, Indeed, they have
yet been fully formulated.
There were absolutely no new develop?
ments in ihe local situation yesterday.
Chairman AV. J. Grlggs, of the arbitra?
tion board of this division, returned yes?
terday from Petersburg, where he at?
tended an early morning meeting of the
division there.
At the meeting to-night It Is expected
thnt Mr. Orr, an official of the Interna?
tional Association of Street Railway Em?
ployes, will bo present, and that his ad?
vice will have great weight with the
organization. It ls believed hut a re?
ply to the letter of General Manager
Huff will be drafted At the meeting, to
nlght, hut Just what proposition will be
put forward 1? not stated. The meeting
will begin about 1 A. M... and will con?
tinue two unii possibly three houra,
HOW MANY WILL COflE DOWN SAFELY?
THE SUPREMI
Distinguished Attorneys Be?
fore Its Session in Wytheville
THE FIRST PILOT LAW CASE
Involves the Pilotage Laws of the State
and is Ably Defended?An Attack
Upon the Validity of the New
Constitution.
(Special to Tbe Tlmes-Dlspatch.)
WYTHEVILLE, VA?, Juno 2.?Tho Su?
preme Court of Appeals opened its ses?
sion here thli'? morning, with all tho Judges
Sitting. The llrst caso on the docket, Lit
ton vs. the Commonwealth, from tho Cir?
cuit Court of Washington county, was ar?
gued by Judge F. B. Hutton and George
E. Penn for the plaintiff In error, and J.
C. Wysor for the Commonwealth, and
continued until to-morrow morning.
The next two cases. Dorden vs. Thomp?
son, master of the schooner "William
Neely," on the privileged docket, and
Taylor vs. the Commonwealth, from the
Circuit Court of Augusta county, aro both
of public Intorest.
PILOT LAWS INVOLVED.
The first involves the pilotage laws ot
Virginia, and is said to bo the only case
In Virginia ever before tho Court of Ap?
peals. Hon. R. C. Marshall, of Ports?
mouth; T, C. Brooke, of Norfolk, and
Senator John "W. Daniel, of Lynchburg,
all of whom aro hero, represent the
plaintiff In error, and Mr. ?. M. Hughes,
of Norfolk, tho defendant in error.
The second, Taylor vs. tho Common?
wealth, from the Circuit Court of Au?
gusta county. Involved the validity of
the present Constitution, The plaintiff In
error was convicted and sentenced to ono
year's Imprisonment In the penitentlary
upon his plea of guilty by the court, with?
out tho Intervention of a jury.
CONSTITUTIO.V ATTACKED.
The contention of the petitioner is that
the prosent Constitution Is a nullity be?
cause Its ratification was not submitted
to tha people, and that tho present or?
ganic law of the Stato Is tho Underwood
Constitution of lfil?, and second, that If
the Legislature of Virginia, under tho
Constitution of 1369. could authorlzo tha
trial and sentenco of petitioner by Judge
without the Intervention of a Jury, yet
even In that event no such statuto had
been enacted.
S. D. Timborlako is the nttorney for the
plaintiff in error, and Hon. A. C. Brax
ton, of Staunton, will appear for the Com?
monwealth.
BETS MADE ON RESTLT
HABEAS CORPUS HEARING
(Special tn Thu Times.Dispatch.>
RALEIGH, N. 0? June 2.?Justices R.
M. Douglas nnd Platt P. Walker, presid?
ing over the habeas corpus hearing In
tho Haywood case, announced from the
bench at 1 o'clock this afternoon that,
owing to the necessity of a conference
of the Supreme Court this afternoon on
other matters, the announcement of their
ruling In the Haywood matter would not
bo made until noon to-morrow. The time
of tho court was taken up to-day hi hear?
ing the conclusion of argument, Speeches
for the premendoli this morning wero by
W. E. Daniel and John E. Woodard. Col?
onel T. M. Argo closod for the defense.
The principal contention Is over the right
tr. grant ball after a grand jury has found
a truo bill, tho Stato contending tluit It
would bo to Invado tho provlnco ??? the
trial Jury. In rebuttal of this tho defend?
ant ropllua that th? statute expressly em?
powered the Justices to inquire into the
facts on both sides, and If there Is rea?
sonable doubt of murder in tho first de?
gree they shall grant bail.
There is general expectation that ball
will be allowed. Bets aro being made at
two to one and greater odds.
STOCK MARKET PANIC
IN MONTREAL. CANADA
(Ilv Associated Prese.)
MONTREAL, June 2.?Tho worst panic
In the history of the Montreal ?tocl.
market was caused by tho announcement
to-day of the failure of A F. Ames and
Company, of Toronto. Price.?, declined to
the lowest level of the year.
Ames is tho son-in-law of Senator Cox,
ono of the wealthiest men In Canada.
Cox is a director of tho Old Dominion
Coal Company. In which Ames nnd Com?
pany are said to have been trading heavi?
ly?
CARPENTER'S FATAL FALL
FROM TOP OF BUILDING
(Special to The Times-Dispatch.)
LYNCHBURG, VA, June 2.?Olile
Thomas, a carpenter, fell from the top
of a building here to-day, a distance of
over tlilrtv feet, and was so badly in?
jured that ho cannot recover. Whllo
working near tho edgo of tho roof his
foot slipped and he fell to tho ground with
fearful force.
Alex Hairls was tried hero to-day for
tho murder of Henry Wooding, and was
acquitted on tho ground of solf-defenso,
COMMON COUNCIL
WILL MEET TO-NIGHT
The Common Council will hold a special
meeting to-night for tho purposo of dis?
posing of tho volume of business which
w*as shoved asido on Monday night by tho
investigatoti opssode.
Much of tho business, while routine tn
Its nature, Is of great Importance, nnd
must bo tllsposed of In order to got to
the Board of Aldermen at tho regular
meeting of the latter body on Tuesday
night.
The hour fixed for the meeting Is
S o'clock, and President Bloomberg Is
anxious for a prompt and full atten
dniico of the members,
GOOCHLAND LADY
SEVERELY INJURED
Knocked Down by Car While
Trying to Cross Main
Street.
Mrs. India Lane, of Red Hill. Goooh
laiid county, was struck by .a oar at
Main and Fifteenth Streets yesterday af?
ternoon about ?5:110 o-clock and severely
injured.
Mrs. Lane, a little child and several
friends cama to tho city yesterday ou an
excursion, She and a lady attempted to
cross Main Street, going towards the
Main Street depot, when a Broad and
Main car. No. 130, Mo torma ? ?. W. Red?
ford lu charge, camo bowling along and
struck hor. Officers Werner and Mel.
Folkes wero near at hHiid and conveyed
her Into a place of business near by, and
iho ambulance was callod. Dr. E. A.
Turman was passing, and Sergeant Wer?
ner got him to come In aleo. Or. Sycla
camo with the ambulance, and the sur?
geons found .that tholr patiout'e arm had
been fractured, probably a slight con?
cussion of tha brain, several cuts and
bruises.
Sho was taken to the A'lrglnla llostil
tal, While her Injuries wore being treated
Drs. tipshur a..d McLean cumo lu und
assisted.
IKE NOT
Anthracite Coal Fields May
Be Again Tied Up.
THEY INSIST ON SELECTION
Miners Named District Presidents as
Members of Conciliation Board and
Operators Refuse to Recognize
Them?May Suspend Work.
(B** Associated Press.)
AVILKESBARRE, PA., June 2.?Anothor
dark strlko cloud loomed up on the hori?
zon of tho anthracite coal region to-day.
The executive boards of tho United Mine
AVorkers, In session here to-day, endorsed
tho selection of their three district pres?
idents on tho Board of Conciliation, au?
thorized by tho Strike Commission, and
if these members are not recognized by
tho operators tho executlvo boards will
contemplate calling a convention of mine
workers to declare a general suspension
of work until their members arc given
recognition. Tho district presidents, aa a
result o? to-day's meeting, Issued the fol?
lowing statement to-night on the dispute:
"At a Joint meeting of the executive
beards of the anthracite regions hero to?
day the members selected to represent tho
mino worker:! of euch district on thn con?
solidation hour?! reported that the repre?
sentatives of tho operators refused to rec?
ognize thorn or the mine workers' cre
ilentlals, or accopt them ns members of
the consolidation board. They reported
that the operators objected on tho ground
that the mino workers' repr?sentatives
were appointed by the organization as It
exists In each district. The district
boards are still of tho opinion that they
appointed th?'ir representativos as pro?
vided for by the section of tho award, and
hold unanimously to reaffirm their for?
mer action,
"Two questions woro under considera?
tion by tho meeting to-day?one Is to
mnko applica tlon to the national presi?
den^ of the mino workers to laauo an or?
der for a general suspension of work
throughout tho whole anthracite region,
to continue until thu operators agree to
adjust existing grievances und Ilvo up to
the award of tho Auiluaclto Coal Strike
Commission; the socond is that a delegate
convention bo culled ta consider the ad
vlHUhlllty of taking the above action."
Another meeting will be held to-morrow
to decide as to whether a suspension of
work will bo ordered.
District Presidents Nichols, Dcttroy
and Fahy Intimated to-night that the
Executlvo Hoard at the mine workers
will stand by their decision and will In?
sist that the members on the conciliation
board be recognized.
CLERK REMOVED FOR
TRYING TO COLLECT CLAIM
(Ily Assoniti lud Pre-M.)
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AVASHINGTON, June 2.-Second Assis?
tant Postmaster-Goiioriil Shallenberger
to-day removed Svenel Sehlbsby, of Kali?
ans City a railway postal clerk, on the
charge ot violating the postal ftiwa.
Sehlbsby is charged with leading a move?
ment of railway postal clt'rks to eecuro
payment for traveling expenses, a claim
that never hnd been recognized by Hie
government, and which would involve,
payment of nbout Jl.WO.OOO ainially {or the
kW odii clerks In the country.
TO LEAVE
NO STONE
UNTURNED
Municipal Investigation
That Will Investigate.
FIRST COMMITTEE
TO WORK SHORTLY
Alderman Bahen Enters
Sweeping Denial
WANTS SEARCHING
, INQUIRY MADE
Gassei* is Phinx-Like in His Silence,
? But Will Likely be a Star Witnese
Before Both Committees?Deep?
est Interest is Manifested in
tho Matter All Over
the City.
The spasmodic turn which tbe municlpa.
investigation proposition took in the Com?
mon Council on Monday night was the
tulk of all Richmond yesterday, and it la
evident that when the Joint committee
shall havo been named and the matter
taken up, the inquiry will be spicy and
far-reaching in its scope. Broad as
would seem tho powers of the proposed
committee under the Crenshaw resolution,
they may become broader yet, and, ac?
cording to what seems a popular vteiv,
tho quest for wrongdoing may reach Into
many of tho departments of government!
bofore It Is over.
No one save Mr. Gassor scorns to ba
making any allegations, but revolutions
do not go backward, and whllo no sus?
picion is thought to rest anywhere, it
would cause no surprise should the prob?
ing bo carried beyond the scopo o? even
tho Crenshaw resolution. The committee
to be named under that paper will not
get to work for many days yet, for Mr.
Pollock, In his anxiety for vindication ,
from tho allegations satd to have been"
made by Captain Gassar against himself
and others, secured an amendment to the
Crenshaw resolution providing that there
should be no procedure thereunder until
the Joint committee to bo named tinder
the Pollock resolution should have re?
ported.
WILL CONCUR IN BOTH.
The Board of Aldermen will meet to?
morrow night and will probably concur
In both thoso resolutions, and then the
two Joint committees will bo named. The
Pollock committee, to be composed of flve
members, will likely proceed to business
early next week, and may be able to re?
port within ten days. . The other com?
ic lttce, whose scope will be much broader,
will contain nine members, and at both,
the Investigations Captain Charles Gas
ser will undoubtedly be a star witness.
All the men said to hafl'o been named
by Gaseer have now spoken, save the
late Councilman Woody, whoso voice was
hushed by the Icy hand of death, long
ero the alleged conversation was had be?
tween Gasser and Assistant Engineer
Tallaferro, and they havo all entered
sweeping denials ?to the subject. It should
bo stated that ono of tbo gratifying
foatures of the whole tiling Is tho unani?
mous volco with which the people who
know Captain Woody resent the insin?
uation agnlnst his good name.
As soldlor. citizen and public officer he
was praised everywhere on yesterday
and around i.J.he haunts of tho City ..Hall,
where ho served his people with so much
fidelity, his memory was tenderly re?
ferred to, and all agreed that his Innate
honesty had much to do with IiIb pov?
erty In his lust days.
int. BAUEN DENIES.
Alderman James Bahen, of Jackson
Ward, was the last of thoso named ta
speak out, for he was In Newport News
on privato business when tho spectacular
proceedings were sprung on the Council,
the other night. Mr. Bahen hurried back:
to learn what It was all about, and talked
freely concerning tho Tallaferro lettor
when seen at his home last night.
"The uccount of tho wholo thing came
a. sa shocking surprise to me when I saw
It In thn morning papers," said Mr.
Ilahen. "[ huvo nover had any transa?
tlons with Gasser, and all our relations
have been merely to greet oach other In
passing. I know of no combine, nor did
I ever knnw of any. 1 ? in on record aa
hai.'lng voted twice for nn Investigation In
the Board of Aldermen and now since my
name has been dragged Into this matter
In such an unfair and uncomplimentary
manner, 1 demand that a thorough and
speedy ono shall bo had."
Mr. Bahon will attend the Hoard meet?
Ing on Friday night, and will vote to
concur In both the Common Council res?
olutions, and he may havo something
lo say upon a question of personal privi?
lege.
GASSBR WON'T TALK.
Captain Gassor was seen last night and
asked for a ?talement concornlng the
matter, with the precipitation of whloh he
Is said to have hod so much to do, but he
was as silent as a sphinx. Ho would only
say that he did not soo why ho should
bo persecuted but positively deollned to
go Into, any detailed discussions of the
affair.
Neither did Mayor Taylor care to dis?
"cuss the matter further than to say that
his communication to the Council spoke
Mr Itself.
There are very many interesting quee?
tlon as to the probable turn the Investiga?
tion may take, and what will be the
exact line of proceedure. Of course, in the
embryo stage In which the matter now
Is. nothing of a definite nature has beim
determined, and this will bo truo until the
Joint committees shall have been named.
It Is a matter of Interesting specula?
tlon as to whether Judge Witt will turn;
??.?er the record In the grand Jury pro?
ceedings to the committee, according to
tho request in tlio Crenshaw resol ottona,
or whether he will simply give the City
Attorney access to the Important diicu
ment. ? ''
HU Uouor ?ayt> tue uuuU- will aJ4 th?